Tapline... The Story of the World's Biggest Oil Pipe Line.
New York, January 1951.
4to. (6), 40 pp., final blank leaf. With numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations and a map of the Tapline. Original printed wrappers. Stapled.
€ 500.00
Illustrated history of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline - the "greatest of all long range engineering projects". The account celebrates the Tapline's completion in 1950, describing the arduous construction, with rare photographs of the work involved, including pictures of the Sidon terminal and the Badanah pump station as well as portraits of the executive management personnel of the Tapline company.
Wrappers slightly creased; margins a little rubbed.
References
OCLC 6162918.
