Pipe Welding by Wagon
A historical snapshot of early pipeline welding and the evolution of infrastructure construction.
September, 1927
Using a fairly primitive transport system (even by 1927 standards), a field worker prepares to lay the final bead on a bell and spigot joint along the Lamkin-Hodge pipeline in Louisiana. This 8-inch gas line – which stretched across 60 miles of the Bayou State between the towns of Lamkin and Hodge – was one of the first major U.S. pipelines to be constructed via arc welding.
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