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A TRENCH DIGGING MACHINE is .grotesque look,
ing contraption but it does an efficient job of biting off
huge chunks, of earth. The circular part of the machine
is equipped with diggers, which deposit earth on a belt
to be thrown clear of the trench. A bulldoxer moves the
machine along the line.
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A STEADY STREAM OF WORKERS moves atonq the pipe as it takes shape and is made
ready for the ditch. Welders are shown in the foreground with a patching crew
at the) next joint back. Further back, a lineup crew brings in more pipe and connects
the sections. Western Pipeline Co. is responsible for laying pipe in Oregon and H. C.
Price Co, does the same job in California. Both companies have long experience in
pipeline projects.
Fiji Islands fire walkers use no
tricks, the National Geographic
Magazine says. Physicians who
have watched the ceremony at
tribute the phenomenon of danc
ing on red-hot stone pits to self
hypnosis induced by deep faith.
SHADE SKEMS RIGHT
CHARLOTTE, SC. AP) An
official of a downtown bank erect
ing a new skyscraper Dunning
nere natl queries aooui me snaiie
of green paint being used to cov
er the steel girders. The paint,
he replied, is currency green. I
The Minltisonian Institution in
Washington has an unsurpassed
collection of 20.000 skulls. Among
them are nearly 100 show ing the
effects of prehistoric surgery,
performed perhaps to let out
painful spirits, says the National
Geographic Magazine,
This series of pictures Uiken by
Herald and News photographer
Wee Guderian graphically shows
the scope of the Alberta-California
Natural Gas Pipeline Project
Work is currently progressing
in the area west of Klamath
Falls between Malin and Bonanza
and south into California. The
pipeline will bring natural gas te
the area from fields in the
eastern foothills of the Rocky
Mountains in Alberta, Canada.
These pictures show crews and
men of Western Pipeline Co., the
corporation responsible for pipe
laying in Oregon. H. C.- Price
is the California and Washington
pipe laying contractor.
The project is expected to be
a boost to the. economy of the .
Klamath Basin. Its impact is al
ready being felt in the more than
50 accounts that have been
opened up in local businesses.
Reduced ga,s rates are also pre
dicted when the project is com
pleted in the fall
Most pipeline workers follow
the projects around the country
and are home for only a few
months a year. Some local men
are hired on clearing crews and
for unskilled or semi-skilled jobs.
POLISHING AND SMOOTHING the pipe is the Job of
Don Brehm, shown here using an electric buffer on the
end of a pipe section. This operation must be performed
before two sections can be joined together.
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ALL SIDES OF THE PIPE must be buffed and polished so
tha't joints can be wrapped and coated with a tar com
pound. Here, Franklin Barr taking his turn beneath the
pipe with a buffer. This picture also shows why safety is
stressed on the job. Most workers wear steel helmets on
the job to protect themselves.