TEXAS TOWERS (MN-8213) Part 1

Description

1) ECU Staging around one of the permanent legs aboard Texas Towers.2) ECU Sections of piping with holes in ends. G3) HA MS Looking out over deck of tower, with machinery, piping and many other items used for completion of towers construction.4) HA MS Looking down one of the caissons down into the water. G5) MS Generators, hoses, piping and other items on deck. G6) HA MS Mobile crane on deck of towers; workers checking generators.7) HA MS Looking down on one of the caissons with a permanent leg in water far below. G8) CU Workers, working around a crane hook. G9) CU Dredge pump lifted clear of deck by crane. G10) LA MS Dredge pump up-ended over deck of tower.11) LA MS Dredge pump swung around by mobile crane.12) LA CU Pump hanging from crane hook; workers around permanent leg try to grab hold of pump. G13) MLS Airforce base, Georges Banks, in position some 160 miles off from New Jersey; sea is calm. G14) MLS Tug moving alongside tower. G15) HA MS Looking out over deck of tower.16) MS Deck area of tower.17) HA CU Yard welder; PAN to agregate around circular cylinder. GtoF18) HA MS Looking down over one of the caissons; two workers looking down from roped off edge. G19) CU Steel bulkhead area in position for welding into compartments etc.20) HA MCU Two sections of bulkheads in position.21) HA MS Looking down over small supply ship; sling hooked onto many bags of cement to be hoisted aboard Texas Towers; PAN with cement.22) MS Pallet put on deck of tower; workers remove sling. G23) CU Cement bags with mixer in BG. G24) HA CU EL SOL (civilian ship); cement bags on foc"sle area on pallets. G25) HA MLS Large pallet of cement bags lifted from deck of EL SOL. G26) MLS PAN Cement bags on pallet swung over water to tower. G27) MS Civilian workers on board tower. G28) HA CU Steel bridge around legs. G29) HA MS Looking out over stern section of a tug; crane hook picks up cable from stern of tug. G30) MS Cable lowered to men on deck of tower.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities