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First Tanks of Oil Being Filled at Norris City

2008-487
Accession Number
2008-487
9.25x7.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 350477716
Related Collection
Davies, Ralph K. Papers
Keywords
Oil industries
Pipelines
HST Keywords
Illinois - Norris City
People Pictured
Davies, Ralph K. (Ralph Kenneth), 1897-1971
Jones, W. Alton (William Alton), 1891-1962
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Description
W. Alton Jones (foreground right) and Ralph K. Davies (background center) turn oil into the first tank cars loaded at Norris City, Illinois on February 19, 1943. Other people at unidentified. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.
Date(s)
February 19, 1943