Oil industries

Stringer truck being wrenched up a hill by a tow cat. The stringer truck pulls pipe to string it on the right of way. Tow cats are used when the stringer truck slows down. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

A fuel sled by the oil pipeline carrying diesel fuel, gasoline and kerosene. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Two boom cats working by pipeline in western Pennsylvania. The cat in the background stands guard over the pipeline. The cat in the foreground is pulling out a bogged clam shell. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Cat skinner holding section of pipeline up for tie in at creek and road crossing in western Pennsylvania on the South Fork of Wheeling Creek. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

Unidentified man by sled of dynamite on Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania. Chestnut Ridge is in the Allegheny Foothills and this spot is within rifle shot of the spot where George Washington, with a company of Virginia Militia, surprised and defeated the French General Jumonville, May 28, 1754; which caused the French and Indian War. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Boom cat hauling clam shell out of mud in Western Pennsylvania on South Fork of Wheeling Creek. One track on the clam shell is completely under the mud and the other one is almost under the mud. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Clam shell mired in mud almost over its tracks on the banks of the South Fork of Wheeling Creek in Pennsylvania near the West Virginia border. On the other end of the cable attached to the clam shell is a towing caterpillar to pull it out. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Mud ruts along pipeline in western Pennsylvania which tell the story of how the operation is run. To the right of the pipe are two D-8 boom cats working as a pair. They help machinery through the deep mud. The clam shell is clamming out a cave-in. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline, Volume I.

A caterpillar "sucking" a stringer truck loaded with three stalks of pipeline across the South Fork of Wheeling Creek in Western Pennsylvania onto the right of way. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

Inspectors in car at end of inspection trip, September 18, 1942. Ralph K. Davies (second from left), Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, and unidentified others. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.