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Spindletop, ship channel fueled Texas as energy capital Danny King, Correspondent FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 A street of oil derricks at Spindletop, three miles from Beaumont, Texas, on Dec. 23, 1941. The modern petroleum industry was born on January 10, 1901 when the Lucas Gusher, Spindletop No. 1, made the world oil-conscious and started exploration on a grand scale.AP / APShow MoreShow Less 2of11 3of11 Derricks in landscape view Spindletop Oil Field.TEXAS ENERGY MUSEUM, SPECIAL TO THE EXPRE...