American worker filling container with water, Al Mishʻāb, Saudi Arabia, 1947.
Title
American worker filling container with water , Al Mishʻāb , Saudi Arabia , 1947 .
Creator
Corsini, Harold, 1919-2008 (photographer)
Description
Trans Arabian Pipeline Camp . Ras Mishaab . A small fresh water distilling machine is set up near the beach at Ras Mishaab . This machine produces ninety gallons of fresh water from sea water an hour . Before the distilling machine was set up all of the drinking and washing water in the camp was trucked in from Al Jauf , a well sixty miles away .
Subject
Men Employees Sand Machinery Water
Volume Number
147
Tab Heading
Pipeline Camp Life
Location Depicted
Al Mishʻāb (Saudi Arabia)
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asia
Date Original
1947-08
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
2.25 x 3.25 in. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 58466 in the Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, University of Louisville photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sonj/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
58466
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