Oil industries

First trainload of 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies fourth from right. All other men unidentified.

First cartload of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Piplelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies standing fourth from right on ground. All other men unidentified.

First length of 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. (oil pipelines) at Lorain Works.

First length of 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. (oil pipelines) at Lorain Works.

Unidentified men inspecting finished length of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc., at Lorain Works.

Cutting off and making 30 degree bevel of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. (oil pipelines) at Lorain Works. Unidentified man running the machine.

24 inch seamless pipe on cooling table for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. at Lorain Works.

First piercing operation of first length 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc at Lorain Works.

First length of 24 inch seamless pipe on cooling table for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. at Lorain Work on July 9, 1942.

Secretary Harold Ickes (at right), Petroleum Administrator for War, taking a White House door mat after he and Bill Boyd, Chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council (not in photo), presented to the President the Council's report of the amount of rubber collected by the petroleum industry. Others unidentified.