Super Inch

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1948

Complete Record: This is the fascinating picture story of how the 34-inch, 1,600 mile natural gas pipe line was constructed to link Northern California and the rich gas fields of Texas and New Mexico. Starting with shots of fabricating the giant steel pipe, the picture follows transportation of you lengths of “Super Inch” by flatear and truck from the steel plant in the Bay Area to rugged locations on the blazing Mohave Desert and jagged mountain passes. Tanned pipe-liners fight the heat, dust and fatigue to rush completion of the project in record time.