Pipelines

Unidentified man cleaning inside the oil pipeline before the welders join the pipe. He also chases out any animals that may have made the pipeline their home. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

View of the oil pipeline making its first river crossing on the bottom of the Red River in Section Number 2. Weights hold the pipeline on the river bottom. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

View of mules that have escaped from fences and into a corn field as the oil pipeline ditch is making its way through in Section Number 5 in Arkansas. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

View of oil pipeline ditch running between crop fields in Section Number 4. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

The dredger makes the oil pipeline's bed under the Red River in Section Number 2 on the opposite river bank. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

A caterpillar crosses the temporary bridge over the Sulphur river. In the background, a clam shell digger prepares the oil pipeline ditch on the river bank. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

A crew works on a water filled oil pipeline ditch. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

The "Big Ditcher" moves along Section Number 5 through good working ground at a rate of twelve feet per minute. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

A cotton field that has made room for Section Number 5 of the oil pipeline. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

First section of oil pipeline put underground outside of Little Rock, Arkansas at the start of Section Number 4. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.