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Iron Man's First Well (Well Sa-55) 铁人一口井Tiěrén Yīkǒujǐng
National heritage site · Daqing, Heilongjiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Daqing
- Region
- Heilongjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Iron Man's First Well (Well Sa-55)
Well Sa-55, the first well drilled by the team of Wang Jinxi, nicknamed 'Iron Man', after it reached Daqing in March 1960; the crew began drilling in April and finished the hole in five days and four hours. The well kept producing until 2017, and the site keeps the unloading pit, mud pit, oil pit, watchman's hut and dugout of the crew's first weeks, with a Soviet-type Bu-40 rig of the same model as theirs beside it. The oilfield company runs it as an education base.
How to get to Iron Man's First Well (Well Sa-55)
At Yangshulin in Honggang district, about 13 km west-south-west of central Daqing; reached by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Iron Man Wang Jinxi Memorial Hall 铁人王进喜纪念馆 (under 10 km), Daqing Oil Pavilion 大庆石油馆 (10 km), Daqing Museum 大庆博物馆 (20 km), Daqing Racing Town 大庆赛车小镇 (20 km).
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