Ripped Away . . . from the east side of the Griffin Pipe Products plant were corrugated siding, roofing and glass. The explosion knocked out windows up to 400 feet away and most of the glass over the smelting and casting departments.
A 30-ton upper stack, part of the wet scrubber system being installed at Griffin Pipe Co., was raised to the upper cupola of the building Monday afternoon. The upper stack was raised by a crane shipped from Lawrence, Kan., for just that purpose. The…
From Control Room . . . Griffin Pipe plant operations manager O.L. Dean, right, explains casting operations to American Steel Foundries President J.B. Lanterman, left; C.E. Grigsby, ASF vice president, and Frank W. Jenks, ASF board member and…
Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.
Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.
Still Hot . . . out of the casting machine, this pipe is being marked by a Griffin Pipe employee. The Griffin plant manufactures ductile iron pipe used primarily in the housing industry.
Clean smoke drifts from the exhaust stack at Griffin Pipe plant after being filtered through a series of some 500 dacron bags, part of the smoke abatement system. The much-discussed system which has caused considerable trouble over the past few…
Roy Miskelley . . . plant engineer, and Carl McCormick, sales manager of Griffin Pipe Products, admire a plaque given the company Wednesday for their efforts in environmental control.
Signing Receipt . . . for shipment of pipe is Martin W. Flynn, right. Others are M.E. (Barney) Rew, left, and Lee Samuelson of 208 Bennet Ave., foreman at the Griffin Pipe plant.
Walking Through Explosion Area . . . at Griffin plant is a city fireman. The cupola which blew up is to the right and rear of the fireman. In the foreground are cement slabs, glass, and pieces of iron which showered from the roof of the casting and…
Officials Walk By The "Bag House" . . . at Griffin Pipe Co. The facility acts as a giant vacuum cleaner bag where the dust remains on the inside while the clean air passes through to the outside.
Twenty-Foot Lengths . . . of cast iron pressure pipe are loaded aboard a freight car at the Griffin Pipe Products Co. plant here, an operating unit of AMSTED Industries.