Golden Driller

Stand at the feet of a 76-foot oil worker statue outside Tulsa's Expo Square, a photo stop near historic Route 66.

4145 E 21st St · Tulsa, OK

About Golden Driller

The Golden Driller is a 76-foot, 43,500-pound statue of an oil worker standing in front of the Tulsa Expo Center, his right hand resting on a real oil derrick moved from a depleted field in Seminole, Oklahoma. First built for the International Petroleum Exposition, the permanent version went up in 1966, and the legislature made it Oklahoma's state monument in 1979. You can walk up to it outdoors and read the inscription at its base.

#roadside attraction
#giant statue
#route 66
#photo stop

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