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56 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? APRIL 2014 MR?S 75TH ANNIVERSARY Offshore exploration is a history of man v. nature with ever bigger technology and investment (Photo: Jan Berghuis) 1806Spring pole cable drilling developed in US.1869Thomas Fitch Rowland patents a ?subma-rine drilling apparatus,? a  xed, working platform for drilling offshore to a depth of almost 50 feet. The anchored tower had telescoping legs, similar to modern off- shore platforms. 1914President Woodrow Wilson opens the Houston Ship Channel for ocean-going vessels. OffshoreOffshoreTo boldly go where no well has gone before To boldly go where no well has gone before 1891First ocean-going tanker launched.MR #4 (56-65).indd 56MR #4 (56-65).indd 564/7/2014 3:09:51 PM4/7/2014 3:09:51 PM