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Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
"Dismissed Until Further Notice" . . . these Griffin Pipe Products Co. employees leave the plant with their unopened lunches and a change of clothing. From left are Jesse Sobbing of Emerson, August Pontow of Hastings, John W. Collins Jr. of Persia…
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
Awaiting Treatment . . . at Mercy Hospital after the blast at Griffin Pipe Products Co., are Virgil Liddell of Oakland and Merle Frazier of Omaha. Both suffered head injuries.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
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.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
A Miracle At The Griffin Plant . . . is discussed by Henry Woodford, Fred Witt and Don Friedrichsen, as the wait for treatment at Mercy Hospital.
Griffin Blast Injures 13; $1 Million Damage Seen
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…
Griffin Back In Operation Dec. 2
Tricky Moving . . . of the new cupola at Griffin Pipe Products plant is guided by workmen.
Griffin Plant Installs Smoke Abatement System - To Be In Operation About Sept. 1
Inspecting Smoke System . . . at Griffin Pipe Co. are Roy Caputo, works manager, and James Carter, erection engineer. Frank Merk, general foreman, steadies a ladder for foreman Bill Marlo.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 1890, when the William Welch transfer and storage office was in a one story brick building at 16 N. Main St., and the Morehouse printing office occupied the building at 18 N. Main, all delivery service was by…
Today
Today...new buildings have replaced those of the 1890s. At 16 N. Main St. is a loan company office. And the American Red Cross offices occupy the space 1t 18 N. Main. Of course there are no horses and wagons.
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File 2 - 1965 -
Griffin Pipe Products Co. signage
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File 2 - 1965 -
Inside Griffin Pipe Products Co., 1984
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File 2 - 1965 -
Inside Griffin Pipe Products Co., 1984
Smoke Problems Should Be Solved At Griffin Pipe By April - Working Out Operational Bugs
Billowing Over The Heads . . . of city and Chamber of Commerce leaders is a cloud of steam which is created by treatment of production smoke. A smoke abatement device at the Griffin Pipe Products plant has been in part time use since September while…
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File 2 - 1965 -
Griffin Pipe Co. office building, March 1970
Griffin Prexy Calls CB 'Sleeping Giant' -Must Come Alive Soon
At Luncheon Ceremony . . . G. Thomas Reilly, representing the Citizens Committee for Community Development, presents an award to Frank Marold. It was for the job Griffin Pipe Products Co. has done in refurbishing its plant and constructing a new…
Controlled Smoke
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…
Things Are Happening
New offices of Griffin Pipe Products Company at 2601 Ninth Ave., are nearing completion and will give the company two and a half times more space. The new building enlargement is due to added expansion in the past two years and also to improve…
Griffin Pipe Co. Plans Smoke Filtering System - Kiwanians Hear Tutskey
L.W. Tutskey, Vice President in charge of manufacturing for Griffin Pipe Products Co. in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Small But Mighty
Dick Dekker, acting works manager at Griffin Pipe Products here checks a new 400-horsepower electric motor designed to increase the fan capacity on the plant's cupola from 75,000 to 93,000 cubic feet-per-minute. The addition is part of efforts to…
Griffin Pipe Eyes $650,000 Air Pollution Device Here
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.