Tour of gas lines (Southern California), Blythe-Desert City-Cactus-Playa del Rey, 1957

18 images. Tour of gas lines (Southern California), Blythe-Desert City-Cactus-Playa del Rey, 4 May 1957. S.J. turner (Battalion Fire Chief); Michael Sabo -- 7 years; Rudolph Duran; Dean Sartian; Elston Dunbar; Andy Thompson; Willis Heim; R.R. Blackburn; Franklin S. Payne; W.R. Davis; Norman Wycoff; Dale Mahaffey; A.M. Raney; Dave Hearst; Herb Krouch.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mack. Date: 1957-05-04. Reporter: Farrell. Assignment: Gas Company. 29/30: Dean Sartian, left, adjusts valves as fellow worker, Elston Dunbar walks on inspection tour at Blythe compressor station. 19: Andy Thompson adjusts valve, scrubbing a booster section at the Blythe compressor station. 5: Left to right: Dale Mahaffey, foreman, turns valve off on gas and A.M. Raney, meter man, holding orfice plate which checks amount of gas used. 80/81/6/7/8/: General views of gas pipe crossing Colorado River at Blythe. 27/28: General view of gas plant at Blythe. 20: Compressor building in back left and water cooling system on right at Playa del Rey. 13/14: Desert Center Compressor station from left, Willis Heim; R.R. Blackburn; Franklyn S. Payne; W.R. Davis; and Norman Wyckoff. 29/30: Elston Dunbar adjusts compressor equipment at Blythe compressor station. 21/22: \Dean Sartian, maintenance at main pumpers.