Pipelines

Pipeline crossing Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania in February, 1943. The pipeline continued to forge ahead through the bitter winter weather. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

A section of oil pipeline continues downhill towards a creek, a highway and a railroad. All three are tough going for the project. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Unidentified welders working on section of oil pipeline on the crest of a hill of almost solid rock in Eastern Pennsylvania. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Crew stove piping in the Allegheny foothills. The terrain is so rough and muddy that only one stalk of pipe can be tied into the line at a time. Progress is slow but not stopped. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Section of oil pipeline with overbends and side bends as it enters the Western slopes of the Alleghenies in Western Pennsylvania. The combination bend was factory-made by the National Tube at Lorain. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Stringer truck being wrenched up a hill by a tow cat. The stringer truck pulls pipe to string it on the right of way. Tow cats are used when the stringer truck slows down. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

A fuel sled by the oil pipeline carrying diesel fuel, gasoline and kerosene. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Two boom cats working by pipeline in western Pennsylvania. The cat in the background stands guard over the pipeline. The cat in the foreground is pulling out a bogged clam shell. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Cat skinner holding section of pipeline up for tie in at creek and road crossing in western Pennsylvania on the South Fork of Wheeling Creek. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Unidentified man by sled of dynamite on Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania. Chestnut Ridge is in the Allegheny Foothills and this spot is within rifle shot of the spot where George Washington, with a company of Virginia Militia, surprised and defeated the French General Jumonville, May 28, 1754; which caused the French and Indian War. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.