Pipeline Through the Fens (1968) - extract

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  • Pipeline Through the Fens (1968) - extract.
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    This striking documentary focuses on the construction of the hidden conduit for North Sea gas lurking under the picturesque Norfolk fenland. 'Pipeline Through the Fens' was filmed during the 12 weeks in 1968 it took to lay 43 miles of pipeline under the county.
    The film (made on behalf of The Gas Council) focuses on the considerable engineering achievement involved in linking sections of pipe (each one 40 feet long, 36 inches wide and weighing 4.5 tons) and burying them 9ft below the surface. The workers scrupulous care is understandable - you really wouldn't want to be trying to find a leak later on! (Emma Bonsall)
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Комментарии • 106

  • @dorsetengineering
    @dorsetengineering 10 лет назад +22

    Downhill short-circuit mig root with co2 shield. Pretty cutting edge for 1968 I think...

    • @fredalmond9130
      @fredalmond9130 7 лет назад +1

      I'd love to get into this industry. I am buying an everlast mig welder soon and hope to take some courses. Cool stuff.

  • @tomasmucha2133
    @tomasmucha2133 3 года назад +2

    Great history. These are the type of men that built our Nation. USWA since 1970 local 1010.

  • @400exNick
    @400exNick 5 лет назад +5

    Really enjoyed this video thanks for posting! I’m a third generation welder and it’s cool to see how things were done back around the time my dad got started.

    • @Meister-Geek
      @Meister-Geek Год назад

      you got any tips for a first generation welder of the family?

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 4 года назад +4

    I worked on a 16 inch gas pipeline in New Jersey in 1968.We ran 20 miles of pipe,no canopy, no side booms,4 welders, a 944 Cat.Watching this i realize we were way behind in equipment & never knew it.

  • @steveh9106
    @steveh9106 11 лет назад +13

    Absolutely brilliant, very interesting, living in the fens it would be interesting to know where this was filmed and the current depth of the pipe considering fen soil shrinks. superb video. With a commentator that you can understand who speaks proper English, a lot of so called modern presenters should take note of how this gentleman speaks.

  • @MsChiefchick
    @MsChiefchick 9 лет назад +3

    The more things change, the more they stay the same! Awesome share!

  • @Robyshileileh
    @Robyshileileh 12 лет назад +4

    Thanks alot to whoever posted this,, great video and very educational

  • @Namsomnia
    @Namsomnia 8 лет назад +2

    Was on the Braintree Norwich 36in main, fitters mate,when the main dig had finished,i went steel fixing on the valve bases,RB1 operator when there was a pour going on and a chippe stricking the shutters a few days later,that was a Laing job, then went onto the silos,Bury,Wisse,Felsted, finaly a chimney slide on the isle of Grain,enjoyed everyday [i think?]

  • @alanjacks9081
    @alanjacks9081 4 года назад +2

    I ran the 24" North Sea gas pipeline section from Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye in 1969 for Corrosion & Welding Engineering. ( CWE ). All manual welding, no Mig. Ted Justin was the spread boss for Lang. Great guy! Frank Wilson was the British Gas boss. Those were the good old pipeline days

    • @Esriuptime
      @Esriuptime 4 года назад

      Ted Justin, there's a name from the past, last saw him at Hatton, must have been around mid '80's.

    • @alanjacks9081
      @alanjacks9081 4 года назад

      @@Esriuptime Ted lent my mate his Merc to go on holiday once. He made a trip to Saudi, early 80's I think. I only found out after he had left

  • @philboardman5765
    @philboardman5765 8 лет назад +2

    Patrick (John) Coady later worked with us at PWS from 1969 into the early 70s on Pipelines in the UK, we met up for lunch with him and his family in Marlborough one Christmas a few years ago circa 2009......when I first met him in 1967 ( and Mick & John Smith Frank Green etc etc ) he was one of the youngest pipeline welders around..............probably he still is ! We keep in touch and I am looking forward to meeting up again..............

  • @rickydbryant
    @rickydbryant 12 лет назад +2

    I'm a welder and I like it when they protect that weld

  • @ozknmahn8690
    @ozknmahn8690 2 года назад

    This old videos. Very simple and detailed. Good info.

  • @andrewnorris2
    @andrewnorris2 12 лет назад +1

    Wonderful filming, much enjoyed this extract.

  • @markstevansen542
    @markstevansen542 4 года назад +4

    I've had my everlast welder for a while now and really like welding but welding out in the elements I'm not so sure about.

    • @oh_crumpets
      @oh_crumpets 4 года назад +1

      Pays way more tho. I think people much prefer that over a workshop

  • @jamescosta1174
    @jamescosta1174 5 лет назад

    Like the block brush and ice picks. Old school

  • @hagenvantronje8822
    @hagenvantronje8822 11 лет назад +1

    The Pipe looks like it came from the Hartlepool 44 inch Pipemill, the coating is Bitumin so probably done by Bredero Price.,(that's a guess)
    Back in 1968 Pipeline welders doing the root used to be on magabucks but they were not allowed more than a couple of cutouts so you had to be good. A good Welders Mate was probably the key to getting a good weld, I was a Gas Council Inspector back in those days.

  • @ndupree
    @ndupree 12 лет назад +3

    Thats crazy no PPE what so ever!Awesome vid!

  • @jamescosta1174
    @jamescosta1174 5 лет назад

    Oh shit 98 clambuckets, been a while since I have seen one (1994), thanks, great video.

  • @AlphaFlight
    @AlphaFlight 12 лет назад +4

    The real weld welders

  • @wailnshred
    @wailnshred 12 лет назад +4

    The narrator talks like a typical pipeliner. :) lol

  • @hotpass79
    @hotpass79 10 лет назад +11

    the good old days no hard hats

    • @TheNick279
      @TheNick279 10 лет назад +3

      And they were smoking cigs!

    • @bethkole7255
      @bethkole7255 9 лет назад +5

      ***** still can smoke cigs lol

    • @ciscovillanueva4225
      @ciscovillanueva4225 4 года назад +1

      They’re the reason we’re wearing hard hats now lol to many injuries

  • @mikekavanagh8952
    @mikekavanagh8952 3 года назад

    Great Video , Thanks,

  • @tanielsimpson1415
    @tanielsimpson1415 5 лет назад +2

    Working on a pipelines weldings is my passion my everything am in college now just doing some hards works buts in everything we just put gods firsts

  • @vambreace
    @vambreace 12 лет назад

    I SAY HELLO!. to the mens and womens whos have forged the USA with very hard work dicipline and passion for they had make. for me this video is a jewel for the new comes generation and with this they can watch how so hard the things were done in the past, and feel more love for his hardly forged country!. thanks for post!!!!!!

  • @Den9082
    @Den9082 11 лет назад

    Yes. I hear you too Arcstreams. I understand your point perfectly well. I am just trying to explain my reaction to your comment and why I thought that you had thought it was in the US ;-)

  • @bigblackdodge6156
    @bigblackdodge6156 8 лет назад

    Pretty cool old film. I was on a large natural gas line some time ago and the process is pretty much the same. Track-hoes are sure a lot faster than the drag-lines, though.

  • @JungleJim737
    @JungleJim737 3 года назад

    Had no clue mig welding was ever done on pipelines pretty interesting

  • @jeffmomoney
    @jeffmomoney 12 лет назад

    wow simply amazing..

  • @stefanking303
    @stefanking303 3 года назад

    Loved it❤

  • @TexasLeverGunner
    @TexasLeverGunner 11 лет назад +5

    I don't care what your CWB book says. 6010's can be run downhill, and are meant to be run downhill. All pipelines welded to API 1104 code are welded downhill with a 6010 root, 6010 hot, and a 70+hippy fill and cap. Get out of your fab shop and do some real welding and you might understand how it works.

    • @zx6rlew.150
      @zx6rlew.150 6 лет назад

      6010 can not be run down hill. No just no. In fact no stick rod should be applied by means of (stoveing). Or downhill not even NU5, or celulosic rods.

    • @400exNick
      @400exNick 5 лет назад +3

      Dp908 I run it downhill all the time. Been a certified welder close to 20 years . I don’t care what the book says

    • @jimrhoads9810
      @jimrhoads9810 5 лет назад +2

      @@zx6rlew.150 you are full of shit

    • @panzerfaust7672
      @panzerfaust7672 5 лет назад +1

      @@zx6rlew.150 LOL The biggest pipeline companies in The Netherlands all run 6010 downhill, what the fuck are you talking

    • @vincentgizdich2842
      @vincentgizdich2842 4 года назад

      @@zx6rlew.150 what book is claiming 6010 doesn't run down hill? It is a industry standard.

  • @whitedirewulfblackdeathblood13
    @whitedirewulfblackdeathblood13 3 года назад

    This the original old skool pipeliners

  • @johncarson1520
    @johncarson1520 7 лет назад +1

    Barrow to lupton pipeline 1982

  • @RastaMon2121
    @RastaMon2121 9 лет назад

    awesome!

  • @drumtwo4seven
    @drumtwo4seven 2 года назад

    Nice 👍

  • @TexasLeverGunner
    @TexasLeverGunner 11 лет назад +3

    Again, wrong. If you learned anything in school, you would know the 1 in 6010 stands for all positions; it can be run downhill and is "designed" to. 7018 (up to unlimited tensile strength) is the only "all position" rod out of the commonly seen rods used for piping in petrochemical that cannot be run downhill due to the composition of the rod and flux.

    • @kf8575
      @kf8575 2 года назад +1

      7018 arent the only rod that cant be used for stoving. 7016 cant be run downhill, 6013 cant be run downhill.
      In fact 6010, 6011 and 8045 are the only rods that CAN be run downhill.

  • @joegardiner4220
    @joegardiner4220 4 года назад +1

    Incredible, what were the pipes used for ? And i wonder how the pipes are holding up to this day in terms of rust etc ?

    • @Esriuptime
      @Esriuptime 4 года назад

      Part of UK national gas grid. Still in fine condition, running at 70barg.

  • @dorsetengineering
    @dorsetengineering 10 лет назад

    Looks like the ford 4d powered lincoln SA on the hotpass/fill/cap.... nice

    • @obfuscated3090
      @obfuscated3090 6 лет назад

      There was an English Ford powered SA?? Interesting.

    • @patrickhorvath2684
      @patrickhorvath2684 3 года назад

      I wouldn't know but Ford has plants all over the world building cars n tractors. So why not ?

  • @ejcad
    @ejcad 8 лет назад

    Great film, brings back memories, any more?

    • @andywells397
      @andywells397 6 лет назад

      did one for bpa in the 80s, potton near bedford

    • @andywells397
      @andywells397 6 лет назад

      have not had a rod in my hand since 1992

  • @pipeline_hank5277
    @pipeline_hank5277 4 года назад +1

    slowest front end ever lol

  • @ronaldboyle5619
    @ronaldboyle5619 8 лет назад +4

    Where's your safety harness!!

    • @mw3gamer23
      @mw3gamer23 6 лет назад +3

      Ronald Boyle this is when real men worked

  • @atlant2566
    @atlant2566 3 года назад

    watching in 2021 bad ass nobody wears even single hard hat now days all you see are hardhats. Great work to see that now still is being done.

  • @waltersanabria9993
    @waltersanabria9993 4 года назад

    muy bueno el video

  • @MIKLYHA2012
    @MIKLYHA2012 11 лет назад

    Профессионалы !

  • @Den9082
    @Den9082 11 лет назад

    Well, the title of the video (just down-below the stream) says exactly where it is... But you are right on the point that it is hard to tell just by watching (without reading titles)where the location was. Plus when your AWS comment might not be necessarily relevant to the location of the video and this is really true to the fact but somehow it is automatically associated with the United States as I seriously doubt that British welders would ever check anything with / against AWS at all :-)

    • @kf8575
      @kf8575 2 года назад

      AWS standards are used all over the world, bit like a "common standard" really, so that everybody is singing from the same songsheet. In Europe and here in the UK we also have EN/ISO standards, such as EN1090 which is also used for a lot, some sections of it for pipework and some for steelwork.

  • @luckywelder
    @luckywelder 11 лет назад +1

    Now now children!

  • @ShareTalk
    @ShareTalk 8 лет назад

    Classic footage .. Was in the game myself

    • @justinverbaux6474
      @justinverbaux6474 8 лет назад

      Have things changed much? I'm learning as much as I can and practicing with my powerarc welder in the evenings.

    • @kf8575
      @kf8575 2 года назад

      Would love to get into the game myself. A guy i work with (does a bit of work a few months here and there with the company i work for) left 18months ago, working on the moving and re-running of lines alongside the A13 in Essex due to the road being widened.
      I'll stick with plant, nuke and the petro chemical gig for now until something comes up

  • @SDFmacrossSDF
    @SDFmacrossSDF 12 лет назад

    Best

  • @Wanglicker42235
    @Wanglicker42235 4 года назад

    I wonder how much they were makin back then?

  • @Den9082
    @Den9082 11 лет назад +1

    Hey, Arcstreams. This video has nothing to do with AWS. The United Kingdom of Great Britain has never been a part of the United States... :-)))) Good luck with geography! Well done for a 1968 movie though! I am impressed!

  • @joegardiner4220
    @joegardiner4220 5 лет назад

    So interesting, are these techniques\methods still used ? And im curious to how many hot passes and super hot passes a welder would of done in a day ? And christ that boling bitumen must of made you gag

  • @jamescosta1174
    @jamescosta1174 5 лет назад

    Hot dope, I missed out on hot dope, shrink sleeves gone too,

  • @guycrawshaw
    @guycrawshaw 11 лет назад

    I wanna become a pipeline welder

  • @estebanvillarreal3729
    @estebanvillarreal3729 3 года назад

    We still don’t use Ppe lol

  • @lfc011
    @lfc011 12 лет назад +1

    bet they got paid alot more than today !

  • @chadkennedy529
    @chadkennedy529 Год назад

    Not an unemployment wagon in site 🙂

  • @chrisv2994
    @chrisv2994 Год назад

    Welding sucks, I highly recommend you do not do this trade

  • @GRANA3331
    @GRANA3331 6 лет назад

    y was wtf mig welding pipes

  • @dinodina9315
    @dinodina9315 3 года назад

    Hi, I am a welder. I am looking for a job with a degree in welding and 8 years of experience who can help me find a job

  • @justinwallace38
    @justinwallace38 6 лет назад

    I wonder how much they got paid back then

    • @brianmorrison9066
      @brianmorrison9066 4 года назад +2

      Dont matter. What matters is what they could buy for the hours worked, which is more than today, let me tell you.

  • @yrun989
    @yrun989 3 года назад

    💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

  • @laynercubillos
    @laynercubillos 10 лет назад

    0 seguridad

  • @jad2484
    @jad2484 3 года назад

    Russians!!!!!