Long pipe line bridge

✍ Scribed by R.H.O.

• Book ID: 104130992
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1937
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 28 KB
• Volume: 224
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(37)90548-9

✦ Synopsis

Completion of the longest suspension pipe line span in the Rocky Mountains marks another advancement in modern oil transportation. The span was erected by Sinclair Wyoming Pipe Line Co. across Salt Creek in central Wyoming. Traveling 480 feet between the end towers of the bridge, the six inch line, at its highest point, is 45 feet above the bed of the creek over which it was carried so as to provide a straight gravity flow of crude to the gathering station. The line is suspended on cables connecting the three towers similar to a suspension bridge. Supporting cables are fastened to the bracing legs of the tower, and not snubbed in the ground where rust and corrosive action of the alkaline soils would cause rapid deterioration. Engineers were faced with the problem of bridging an unusually broad wash, and still keeping the line sufficiently straight to prevent any excess friction from slowing the flow of oil.

R. H. O.