Oil industries

View of oil pipeline as it approaches a corn field in Ohio. The pipeline will have moved on past the corn field before the farmer gathers his crop. Workmen are gathered around. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

View of slack in oil pipeline. The oil pipeline needs room to expand and contract with changes in weather. The slack seen in the photo (unidentified man walking along slack) allows this to happen. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Section of pipe going down a hill, under a railroad and up another hill along Section Number 6. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

Tow cat "sucking" a stringer truck loaded with three pieces of pipeline. The stringer truck is moving the pipeline across the South Fork of Wheeling Creek in Western Pennsylvania and onto the right of way. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Section of pipeline coming up on a river somewhere in Pennsylvania. The far bank was removed on order of the Army. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

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

Rock hazard in the right of way for the oil pipeline. The hills in the terrain would be difficult without the added difficulty of rocky terrain. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Big ditcher with digging wheel down and clearing a pipeline ditch. Pipeliners say, "The big mucker with its stinger down." From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

View of section of pipeline and the shoo flies that the equipment created while looking for a path around rough sections. The caterpillars explore the routes because the equipment cannot always follow the right of way path created. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

View of pipeline ditch begun with dynamite and jackhammer in southeastern Pennsylvania. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.