Pipelines

Three unidentified kids laying inside a pipe. The photographer put these three kids in to see if it could be done. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Pipeline being bent in a field. This is a cold field bend and it was an innovation as pipeliners kept experimenting with bending pipe. If the pipe is bent too far it buckles. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of firing line in Ohio. Firing lines must be established on level terrain. The pipe is mounted on dollies and men lever it slowly around while welders bead it. The box is to protect the hot puddle against the wind. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of pipeline in Ohio as it moves through another farm. Before the farmer can gather the corn still on the stalks the pipeline will have moved through and over the horizon. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of pipeline with man walking on loop. The loop the unidentified man is walking on allows the pipeline to expand and contract with the changes in temperature and is called slack. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of pipeline overbend that heads down into a ravine in Ohio. A sag turns the pipeline back upward. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of pipeline in thick weather in Ohio. The weather was the foulest in years the winter the pipeline was laid. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Bull dozer clearing the right of way in Pennsylvania. Before the pipeline moves through the way must be cleared and leveled. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Rock formation on right of way. The terrain without the rock is difficult for pipeliners. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Pipe laying on rocks in southern Pennsylvania. Dynamite and jackhammer had been used in this site so far. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.