July
24, 1927
October 26, 2010
Married 62 Years
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One of
Dad's greatest "work" joy's was welding on the Alaska Pipeline.
Perhaps
no single welding event in history ever received so much attention as
did the Alaska Pipeline.
Field
construction of this 798-mile-long pipeline began in March 1975 and it
was no picnic.
Crews of SEASONED
welders
braved Alaska's frigid terrain to weld this large-diameter pipeline,
from start to finish. The entire pipeline only disturbed about 12
square miles of the 586,000 square miles of the state of Alaska.
Welders
were called
upon to handle and weld a new steel pipe thicker and larger than most
of them had ever encountered before, using electrodes new to most. And,
the requirements were the stiffest they had ever seen.
The
requirements for
the welds in double jointing were even more severe. For double-jointed
pipe, welds were expected to meet an average of 20 ft-lb (27 J) and at
least 15 ft-lb (20 J) in both the welds and the heat-affected zones at
-50°F (-45.5°C). About 38,000 of these joints were welded for the
Alaska pipeline. The joints were made using submerged arc welding and a
wire that contained 3% nickel.
The
only electrode
the engineers could find that met the 20J and 27J requirements was an
E8010-G filler metal from Germany, most welders were seeing it for the
first time.
One of
the
requirements was 100% X-ray inspection of all welds. The films were
processed automatically in vans that traveled alongside the welding
crews.
Welders
worked
inside protective aluminum enclosures intended to protect the weld
joint from the wind. Lighting inside the enclosures enabled welders to
see what they were doing during Alaska's dark winter.
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MY
BEST FRIEND, EVER!!!!!
Love you DAD!
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Dad had three Great JOY's in life!
His LOVING wife June,
Beautiful Daughter Eugena
(my wife Gena)
Beautiful
Daughter Joy
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Gena and Joy have blessed Joe and June
with 7 Grandchildren
and 17 GREAT Grandchildren!
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Dad and I watched NASCAR racn' every
weekend,
watching "OUR" driver
#24 Jeff Gordon. We spent many
Sunday afternoons watching Jeff
from behind closed (we where a
sleep)
eye lids!!!
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