Oil industries

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.

The big mucker with its stinger down. This phrase was used so the pipeliners could tell each other that the big ditcher was in place and that its digging wheel was down at work. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

View of pipeline right of way. The fifty foot right of way was not always enough room. The "cats" would explore other routes shown by the winding routes off and on the right of way which are called "shoo flies". From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Unidentified men crumbing out the ditch in terrain too rocky for the back hoe or clamshell. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Pipeline being placed on skids so another stalk can be tied into it. As soon at the line is safely laid the cat will bring up the pipe in the background. Then the line will be lowered and back-filled. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Welders working on pipe belly while standing on slippery footing. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.