Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Untitled [Raychem Desertclad Tape Trial in Alaska] |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Description |
Untitled [Raychem Desertclad Tape Trial in Alaska], November 1975. This color slide shows a Caterpillar side boom crawler crane in a snowy landscape that is supporting a section of pipe with a rolling sling during a product trial of Raychem Desertclad heat shrink coating. The yellow painted crane appears at left with a section of unwrapped pipe visible at right. A blue piece of material is covering the front of the crane, and part of the machine is painted with black stripes. A cylindrical heater is partially visible around the pipe just behind the rolling sling. The sky is overcast with gray clouds. Desertclad was a product that the Raychem Corporation was testing for coating oil pipelines in desert conditions. The trial was performed in Alaska during the time that Raychem was also working on coating the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. |
Date |
November 1975 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
2016.015.001.111.5 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Category |
Photographs |
Inscriptions |
"Ektachrome / TRANSPARENCY" (blue ink, top of slide mount); "PROCESSED BY KODAK [Kodak logo]" (red and yellow ink, bottom of slide mount); "14" (red ink, back top left corner of slide mount); "NOV 75P1" (red ink, back top right corner of slide mount) |
Subjects |
Construction Cranes Industry Landscape photographs Petroleum industry Pipelines |
Search Terms |
Construction Equipment Landscapes Petroleum industry Radiation chemistry Raychem Corporation Trans-Alaska Pipeline |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Raychemers |