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Emergency pipeline

2008-566
Accession Number
2008-566
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350475748
Related Collection
Davies, Ralph K. Papers
Keywords
Floods
Oil industries
Pipelines
HST Keywords
Arkansas
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Description
View of emergency pipeline for oil to the East. Temporary 20 inch pipeline detour of flood break in War Emergency Pipeline at Little Rock, Arkansas was laid in 99 hours. The line moved across barnyards, cotton fields, beneath city streets and across a railroad bridge to span the damage and restore the "Big Inch" oil movements for the East.
Date(s)
ca.
1942