Start of big pipeline

Crane operator and crew lowering pipe into trench on street; crowd of onlookers (mostly boys) at right; residential buildings and church along street in background; sawhorse barriers and wooden stakes in foreground. Caption: "Start of big pipeline -- The first length of pipe in new 30-inch line being laid by Brooklyn Union Gas Company to carry natural gas into trench on Lorimer St. in Greenpoint. Twelve-mile line will be ready when first gas arrives from Texas next fall."