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Author/Creator:General Pipe Line Company of California.
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Title:Construction records, 1912-1913.
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Physical Description:1 v. (471 p.) ; 35 cm
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Notes:In English.
Purchased from Sindell and Company on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2005.
- Access and use:This material is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical note:The General Pipe Line Company of California built the Midway Oil Field Pipeline in the early 20th century to transport oil from California's inland, oil-rich Kern County to the port city of San Pedro, adjacent to Los Angeles.
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Summary:Bound volume of approximately eighty typescript documents, including specificiations, contracts, and reports, related to the construction of the Midway Oil Field Pipeline. The records were kept by David Dorward as Purchasing Agent for the General Pipe Line Company of California.
- Format:Archives or Manuscripts
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Cite as:General Pipe Line Company of California Construction Records. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Dorward, David.
General Pipe Line Company of California.
Petroleum--California.
Petroleum industry and trade--California.
Petroleum pipelines--Design and construction.
Oil industries--California.
Petroleum pipelines--California.
Petroleum--Transportation--California.
Kern County (Calif.)
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Genre/Form:Business records--California--20th century.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11777052