Golden Driller
The Golden Driller is a 76-foot-tall, 43,500-pound statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, depicting an oil worker. The structure is a steel frame covered with concrete and plaster.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dakpowers, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include SageNet Center and Expo Square Pavilion.
SageNet Center
Event venue
SageNet Center, originally known as the Exposition Center from 1966 to 2007 and QuikTrip Center, until 2012, and River Spirit Expo from 2013 to 2021, is the center of the Tulsa State Fair and one of the largest clearspan buildings in the world.
Expo Square Pavilion
The Expo Square Pavilion, sometimes called simply The Pavilion, and formerly known as the Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion, is a 6,311-seat multi-purpose arena, in the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Expo Square Pavilion is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Golden Driller.
Reynolds Center
Stadium
Donald W. Reynolds Center is an 8,355-seat multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Designed by HOK Sport, the arena opened in 1998 and is named for Donald W. Reynolds Center is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Golden Driller.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White City and Swan Lake.
White City
Neighborhood
White City is a residential neighborhood in Midtown, Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is bounded on the north by 2nd Street, on the east by Fulton Avenue, on the south by 11th Street and on the west by Yale Avenue. White City is situated 1½ miles northeast of Golden Driller.
Swan Lake
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swan Lake is a historic district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its borders consist of 15th Street to the North, Utica Street to the East, 21st Street to the South, and Peoria Avenue to the west. Swan Lake is situated 2½ miles west of Golden Driller.
Tulsa
Photo: Robert Baird, CC BY 2.0.
Tulsa calls itself the "Oil Capital of the World." Here, the age of the oil boom found its center. A small town by US standards, metropolitan luxuries such as theater, fine dining, nightlife, and shopping are found in a state known for sparsely populated farming communities.
Golden Driller
- Type: Monument
- Description: statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.13376° or 36° 8′ 2″ northLongitude
-95.93111° or 95° 55′ 52″ westOpen location code
868643M9+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 853236835OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5579338
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Golden Driller” goes by many names.
- French: “Golden Driller”
- Russian: “Золотой бурильщик”
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Highlights include Expo Square and Ford Truck Arena.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Golden Driller”. Photo: Dakpowers, Public domain.