[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6018]

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 16-inch natural gas pipeline exploded south of Tuttle early Thursday night, shaking the countryside and prompting reports of as airplane crash. Flames were visible at Oklahoma City, 25 miles away. No one was injured by the explosion, which ripped a crater 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep in a pasture on the Earl Conner farm. Cause of the blast was not determined late Thursday. Location of the explosion was seven miles south of Tuttle. The pipeline, operated by Cities Sevice Gas Co., carries gas from the plant … continued below

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Gumm, John January 17, 1957.

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  • Main Title: [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6018]
  • Added Title: Gas Explosions Shakes Tuttle Blazing Pipeline Seen Miles Away

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 16-inch natural gas pipeline exploded south of Tuttle early Thursday night, shaking the countryside and prompting reports of as airplane crash. Flames were visible at Oklahoma City, 25 miles away. No one was injured by the explosion, which ripped a crater 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep in a pasture on the Earl Conner farm. Cause of the blast was not determined late Thursday. Location of the explosion was seven miles south of Tuttle. The pipeline, operated by Cities Sevice Gas Co., carries gas from the plant ar Cement to an Oklahoma City junction with Cities Service main line system...The explosion occured at 7:45 p.m., according to Art Latham, who lives five miles south of Tuttle. He said it appeared to be about two miles south of his home...A Mistletoe Express driver, Leonard Martin, 5430 Brookhaven, was driving east from Union City on SH 41 when the blast occured. "It lighted the whole country side," Martin said. "It was bright as day." He thought the explosion had happened in Tuttle itself. First report of the blast came from an Oklahoma City scoutcar policeman who radioed to the dispatcher that an airplane had crashed in the souithwestern part of the city."

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PublishDate: O-1-18-57

Credit: Daily Oklahoman

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  • "Gas Explosions Shakes Tuttle Blazing Pipeline Seen Miles Away", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 18, 1957

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

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Gumm, John. [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6018], photograph, January 17, 1957; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1700051/: accessed April 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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