Dragline Basket and Claim Shell Bucket Are Used to Scoop Oil – Laden Debris from Log Boom on the San Juan River, 10/1972
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Dragline Basket and Claim Shell Bucket Are Used to Scoop Oil – Laden Debris from Log Boom on the San Juan River. Dump Truck Will Carry It to Disposal Site on Hillside Half a Mile Away. Oil Spill Was Caused by a Burst Pipeline 200 Miles Upstream near Shiprock, New Mexico. Boom Served to Contain Much of the Oil Slick before Heavy Rains Caused It to Overflow Into Lake Powell, 10/1972
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-3170
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Powell Lake (Duchesne county, Utah, United States) lake
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
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