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Photograph caption dated August 23, 1956 reads "Safety factor is stressed in stringing natural gas pipeline through Valley. Unique device X-rays welding bead to detect minute flaws. Here Superintendent Bob Fuller, right, and Dewey Jones, Burbank city inspector, examine X-ray negatives." The article partially reads "A new multi-million dollar pipe-line will soon connect the San Fernando Valley directly to Texas natural gas fields. The pipeline system is a Southern California Gas Company project."; See images #00129413 through #00129416 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Southern California Gas Company Southern California Gas Company--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Valley Municipal officials and employees--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Public works--California--San Fernando Valley Natural gas pipelines--Safety measures X-rays Trucks--California--San Fernando Valley Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Officials and employees San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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