| 单词 | derrick |
| 例句 | Workers hurried around the base of the derrick. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Gone are the big petroleum companies and the forests of derricks as the vast oil fields have been increasingly depleted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A moment later, a black geyser exploded through the wooden frame of the derrick. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We positioned a mirror on the “derrick” so that we could read the scale with binoculars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “We park up front. There’s one bonus from being the derrick hand who’s a slave to these old rigs.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the derricks were leftovers, Henry said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers in accord with Root’s grillage principle, then used steam-powered derricks to raise the tall posts of iron and steel that formed each building’s frame. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There were illuminated stars on the tops of some of the oldest oil derricks, and across Main Street, spotlights shown on poinsettias placed on risers to spell “Merry Xmas!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were on a platform drilling when the derrick began to tremble, as if a locomotive were rushing by. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At the end of the wharf, under the derrick used for unloading the largest ships, he stripped off his clothes and dove into the water. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The oil derricks were everywhere in East Texas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z About midday I saw in the distance what I first thought was an oil derrick. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z All around the school grounds were the towers that his daddy called derricks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Using some channel iron found behind the machine shop, we built what looked like a miniature oil derrick and placed it over the scale as a brace for a tube that held the rocket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon became a monkey and clambered up the derrick at once, but she called him down again; Farder Coram wanted them indoors, or below, as you called it on board ship. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In one segment, oil derricks stood below a flooded landscape, water engulfing a city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Drills shook the earth as they bore through the limestone sediment; derricks swung their large clawing arms back and forth. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z It features a Mao-like dictator who crushes the hands that applaud him, after which the countryside is obliterated by backhoes and derricks, leaving peasants and animals wandering among skyscrapers to the sound of upbeat music. Chinese Life as Child?s Play 2011-06-04T23:45:24Z Richfield Tower was clad in glazed black architectural terra cotta and gold trimming, with the top of the building resembling an oil derrick. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z On them were rows of dump trucks, cranes, buses, plows, drill rigs, derricks, forklifts and miles of pipeline and cable. This 414-mile road to the Arctic Ocean is one of the world’s most remote highways 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z As acutely photographed by Winterbottom's regular Danish collaborator, Marcel Zyskind, it's a shabby place of sturdy official buildings surrounded by dilapidated housing, set in an arid landscape of scrub, sand, oil derricks and distant mountains. The Killer Inside Me 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Piercing the field are parallel images: reflections of the morning sun, high in the sky, and an oil derrick, drilling deep into the earth. See how Japanese American photography from 1920-1940 is still 'Making Waves' 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He owns about 200 products from Fenwick & Sailors, a company based in Hollywood known for novelty cuff links in the form of telephones, microphones, oil derricks and horses’ behinds. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z My next stop was Butte, where abandoned derricks are scattered across the landscape, some lit up at night. In Big Sky country, a pandemic-era fly-fishing getaway 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z And in 1999, they covered Beverly Hills High School's oil derrick in a wild floral design. The art project filling MacArthur Park Lake with thousands of painted spheres 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Behind Dylan and his band, a massive video screen played old footage of train yards, steel foundries, oil derricks — evidence of postwar progress, sepia-toned and pixelated, decayed in two separate eras. Did rock-and-roll die at Desert Trip? Or did it finally achieve eternal life? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z A week after Anna disappeared, an oil worker was on a hill a mile north of downtown Pawhuska when he noticed something poking out of the brush near the base of a derrick. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “You see the oil derricks and the industrial part of Alaska,” he said, “and you get into the transitioning part of the wilderness, where it’s all still being glacier-carved.” Journeys: Alaskan Road Trip, 500 Feet Up 2010-02-19T03:36:00Z “Turnpike No. 3,” a rectangular tray showing a toll plaza on the New Jersey Turnpike, is one of a series devoted to such heartwarming sights as the Indian Point nuclear plant and a fracking derrick. Browsing at Metro Curates and the Ceramics and Glass Fair 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Eventually, I landed in the heart of the country’s oil belt, where flocks of white egrets encircled immense derricks, surreally protruding from the jade landscape. A Chocolate Tour of the Caribbean 2012-11-09T19:17:51Z In the distance, through the shimmering light, one could see the skeletal frames of derricks. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In another letter she named him: “His name is Ted Hughes: he is tall, hulking, with rough brown hair, a large-cut face, hands like derricks, a voice more thundering and rich than Dylan Thomas.” Review | What Sylvia Plath’s letters reveal about the poet we thought we knew 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z All of it — flares, derricks, pumps, King Kong — is surrounded by wheat. In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It does not look like history, at least not as we think of it; it looks like storage tanks, and gas flares, and towering derricks. In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Her route loops back and forth across the midwest, from strip malls and oil derricks to sterile McMansions perched on irrigated lawns. Roof down, music up: American Honey and the neverending search for the American dream 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The mausoleums of Koshkar-Ata once housed the bodies of local saints, but many of the most recent tombs are engraved not with ancient religious symbols but with outlines of oil derricks. The Promise of Oil for the People Around the Caspian Sea 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Along the Maricopa Highway at the southwestern end of the San Joaquin Valley, rimmed by hardscrabble hills and bobbing oil derricks, stretch miles of lush green groves bearing fluorescent mandarin oranges. Mandarin Oranges, Rising Stars of the Fruit Bowl 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Between a skate park and a police substation, the sculpture is an icon in a city of few monuments, where verticality usually takes the form of oil derricks or fan palms. Will Los Angeles Lose a Beloved Piece of Public Art? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps a rotting oil derrick, it could well be at the bottom of a poisoned sea. Review: Blockbuster beauty and epic disaster intertwine in Julian Charrière's art 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z By the 1920s, that terrain, once a sparsely populated stretch of Osage reservation, is covered with bustling small towns, those towering derricks and an awful lot of cattle. Review: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a powerful historical epic — and a qualified triumph 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In Echo Park, the area surrounding Vista Hermosa Park, once a sprawling assemblage of oil derricks, has drastically changed over the last century. California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells. Could it backfire? 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Offshore wind advocates point out that oil derricks are also threatened by hurricanes, and most of the nation’s wind projects have so far held up to powerful storms. Hurricane Lee raises questions about risks to offshore wind projects 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Among them is Nova, who, as a child, watched her father get crushed by an oil derrick. Can a New Genre of Eco-Thrillers Inspire Climate Action? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z In Beverly Hills and Pico-Rivera, oil derricks were sheathed by decorative towers. Finding clean air in Los Angeles? It's an almost unsolvable puzzle 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z This is the first and last time they will appear this carefree, dancing against a wide-open landscape that will soon be dotted with oil derricks, looming emblems of America’s industrial and capitalist boom. Review: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a powerful historical epic — and a qualified triumph 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In the 1920s, much of the Los Angeles Basin was covered with a forest of wooden oil derricks. Column: California’s evolution on Big Oil — in the state Capitol and my own family 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said that local power plants, oil wells and derricks are also an intense concern. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z To move the Ramses sculptures, for instance, required master craftsmen from Italy’s Carrara marble quarries to slice the gigantic figures into huge blocks that could be lifted by derricks and placed on trucks or barges. Review | A little-known French archaeologist, finally in the limelight 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Rows of towering oil derricks were located anywhere you can imagine — in backyards, in parks and near the shoreline of Huntington Beach. Finding clean air in Los Angeles? It's an almost unsolvable puzzle 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The man, who declined to give his name, pointed toward the derricks. Saudi Arabia is giving itself an extreme makeover with 'giga-projects.' Will it work? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z And although derricks still dot local hillsides, most crude comes from foreign countries. High gas costs hurt California drivers as refiners rake in huge profits. These charts explain 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z But what lies ahead might be far worse for the 17,000 residents living amid the oil derricks and cattle farms on the western edge of the state’s Central Valley. A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons." "Patriotic education": Experts say Texas GOP's new "1836 Project" airbrushes oppression and poverty 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z In Mid-Wilshire, an oil derrick is camouflaged as a nondescript office building. Finding clean air in Los Angeles? It's an almost unsolvable puzzle 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Downtown features the Oilworker Monument, a towering bronze statue of a derrick and a roustabout wielding a wrench. California Plans to Quit Oil. Resistance Is Fiercer Than You Think. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Rose’s “Iron and Steel,” at Washington Printmakers Gallery, portrays mostly metal structures, including bridges, fire escapes and oil derricks. Review | In the galleries: Artistic portals leading to and encouraging wonder 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z And they’ve long been told that temperatures will keep rising for decades to come, no matter how many solar panels replace oil derricks or how many meat-eaters go vegetarian. Perspective | How a little-discussed revision of climate science could help avert doom 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z On Harrison’s way out of town, in Santa Paula, eager locals clambered aboard his train to present him with a 5-foot-tall model of an oil derrick, made entirely of flowers. Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z You drill from a derrick a mile or more into the earth and pump out water. Lithium might not be a gold rush for California. But it could be for people near the Salton Sea 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Traditionalists scoffed at his use of industrial materials, and at designs that were variously likened to an oil derrick, a V-8 engine, an espresso machine and a Meccano construction set. Richard Rogers, high-tech modernist who won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, dies at 88 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Offshore oil derricks dotting the California coastline continue pumping despite a history of catastrophic spills and vows from generations of politicians to send them to the scrapheap. Failures of California's first plan to stop offshore oil drilling cast shadow over new efforts 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z There had always been high-profile calamities: oil gushing into the wetlands, derricks turning into infernos. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z As California increasingly transitions to cleaner energy, its remaining offshore oil derricks might seem like relics of a fossil fuel age whose days are numbered. California’s offshore oil rigs are decades old, and industry resists decommissioning them 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z How would all of this affect earth-moving workers, fabricators, those pouring concrete, derrick operators, plumbers and pipe fitters, and licensed truckers, he asked. Beneath Biden’s folksy demeanor, a short fuse and an obsession with details 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Pumps and derricks were everywhere, extending into the ocean itself.” Regardless of Newsom's motive, bid to end California oil production is a game-changer 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z All oil producers, when they sign a lease, promise to remove their derricks and restore the ocean floor to its natural state. Failures of California's first plan to stop offshore oil drilling cast shadow over new efforts 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Huntington Beach used to boast the nickname Oil City, and famous 1920s photos depict beachgoers in the shadow of towering wooden oil derricks that seemed to brood apocalyptically over the coast. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Aircraft pilots, derrick operators, roofers and garbage collectors are statistically at higher risk on the job. Editorial Roundup: Minnesota 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z WASCO, Calif. — The long shadows cast here in the San Joaquin Valley come from oil derricks, not palm trees. A California county, despite the state’s climate goals, further embraces fossil fuels 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In the oil industry, derrick operators, rotary drill operators, service unit operators and excavating and loading machine operators earned median annual pay ranging from $44,700 to $55,000, Emsi says. EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z I vividly remember the first time I saw a derrick raised. Opinion | The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Depending on one’s perspective, images of oil derricks dominating the California coast in the 1920s could be seen as “environmental degradation” or the “corporate abuse of small landowners,” Waldie said. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Set among cotton fields and oil derricks outside Lubbock, Texas, her school was open for in-person classes. What One District Did to Prevent Students From Failing 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Why, until 2017, was an oil derrick pumping vigorously on the grounds of Beverly Hills High School, concealed in a flower-painted tower? Why there are oil wells all over Southern California 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z His childhood home in the northeast corner of town looms over Oildale, an uninspired outcropping of barren land and parasitic derricks. Gregory Porter sings of love, but unspeakable grief and the scars of racism lie just beneath 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The derrick is the tower that supports the network of pipe that is inserted into the earth for drilling. Opinion | The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Huntington Beach High School’s football team is still called the Oilers, and its icon is an oil derrick. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The population had managed to hang on even as much of its habitat was razed to make room for pineapple plantations, a missile silo, oil derricks and luxury condos. Can We Save the Woodrat without Slaughtering Cats? 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs near the derricks and bridges. Texas Fishing Report 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs near the derricks, dam, and bridges. Texas Fishing Report 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The governor, who began his visit Wednesday at McKittrick Elementary School, noted that historical pictures of oil derricks lined the school’s hallways — evidence of how engrained the petroleum industry is in the local economy. Touring oil spill site, Newsom calls for greater oversight of California petroleum industry 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Looking more like a wooden shoe carrying a recumbent oil derrick, a huge seaplane, a relatively new development in aviation, passed by, two of its four engines roaring as the seaplane taxied into the U.S. Chatham departure of first trans-Atlantic flight recalled 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z But the sights I saw — of oil derricks, orange groves, byzantine highways and palm-studded byways — were a memorable introduction to the city I would call home for the past 50-plus years. Essential California: Michael Avenatti faces new charges on both coasts 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Republican campaign signs posted for the upcoming midterm elections feature images of cartoon drill bits giving a thumbs-up, and derricks spouting cash. Finding Truth in Conspiracy Theories on an Oil Rig in Pennsylvania 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z “The derricks outside town are starting up again thanks to the president,” he said. Opinion | Can Colorado Save America? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Warren’s modest upbringing here among Oklahoma’s oil derricks and rural flatlands is the source of her connection to the heartland’s working-class voters and a potential selling point in a national campaign. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, eyeing 2020 White House bid, fights back against Trump's 'Pocahontas' taunts - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z We might as well call an oil derrick or an aphid “intelligent”. Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z As I scoured the oil derricks and maze of freeways outside the window, the cabdriver asked, ‘Ever been here before?’ Essential California: Michael Avenatti faces new charges on both coasts 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Indian burial grounds, oil derricks and the city’s sordid, riotous history all come up. Many people work hard to avoid the homeless. These volunteers embrace them 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Today, County Road 49 is so crowded with oil derricks and tanks that some residents call it the Frack Freeway. 24 Oil Wells in a School’s Backyard. How Close Is Too Close? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The last one is a nod to the Houston Oilers, a baby blue oil derrick on the back of the same shoulder almost identical to the ones that once adorned their helmets. Green’s conference finals culmination of long journey 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z I was probably as excited when he approached me about, “Want to do a movie about 1911 oil derricks in Texas?” Phantom Thread’s Oscar-nominated costume designer on how to tell stories with couture 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Seventeen workers survived, including one who slid down a steel cable called a “Geronimo line” from the top of the drilling derrick. Oklahoma Drilling Accident is Deadliest Since Start of Shale Boom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Here at the lake today, thousands of idle derricks stretch to the horizon, crippled by lack of spare parts and routine maintenance. Former Hub of Venezuela’s Oil Wealth Turns to Hunger and Rust 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z To recap, the Department of the Interior offered last week to open essentially all the waters around the U.S. to oil derricks, from Alaska to Florida. Surprise oil fight may be part of the method to Trump’s madness 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z More than 600 bucket, utility and trailer trucks, and derricks to dig holes in the islands’ rocky terrain were shipped in by barge. Power Is Restored to Most of U.S. Virgin Islands After Hurricanes, Officials Say 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Its population varied with the quantity of minerals in the hills, then with the cattle grazing in the desert — now banned by federal law — and finally with a three-barrel-a-day oil derrick, now defunct. ‘Cannabis will be everywhere’: California towns scramble to prepare for legal marijuana on Jan. 1 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z A fire burned for most of the day after the initial blast at 8:45 a.m. on Monday, eventually toppling the drilling rig’s derrick. Oklahoma Drilling Accident is Deadliest Since Start of Shale Boom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z During the oil field’s peak years, at the turn of the 20th century, a forest of derricks stretched from just south of Dodger Stadium to Vermont Avenue. Multiple agencies are investigating an oil spill a block from a downtown Los Angeles high school 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In the desert we spied camels grazing, oil derricks pumping, villagers emerging from homes built of mud and thatch. A trip through horror, confusion and contradictions in Syria 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Beneath rows of American flags and a model of a spacecraft, men dragged mattresses into cubicles decorated with pictures of eagles, skyscrapers, rolling countryside and oil derricks. In Houston's Fort Bend County, a furniture showroom becomes an unlikely refuge from the storm 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The transfer of federal lands to state oversight means that more of the US will, in time, look like North Dakota, with oil derricks and mining operations located next to, or inside of, park space. 'Escape from a crazy world': why people value America's public lands 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The rig pitched to the south, away from the beach, her derrick cutting obliquely across the sky and her helipad inclining at an angle that to the human eye read as almost apologetic. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z They marched on a route that took them around a park that includes two restored oil derricks that once pumped oil from a source beneath the Capitol. Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Some of the early iterations of Wiess consisted largely of models of oil derricks, displays of geologic cross sections and pieces of equipment that were so old, many people forgot how they were once used. New energy exhibit set to open in November at Houston museum 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z It was thought a wire had snapped, but it turned out the ratchet on the derrick had slipped. The District’s Old Post Office exacted a steep toll on the men who built it 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Whether for high-up urban letter-switching or more rural and rugged purposes, pickup trucks are to Texas what cowboy boots and oil derricks are to the state — a potent part of the brand. Rodeo Offers a 90-M.P.H. Glimpse of Texans’ Truck Mania 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z By the end of November, Winner had been stripped of everything above the midriff, bar her derrick. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Interior Secretary nominee sent '11 X-mas card depicting him as Capt. America riding in Santa's sleigh w/ an assault rifle & an oil derrick. The Daily 202: Democrats with 2020 ambitions finagle the committee assignments that boosted Clinton and Kaine 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Disasters, whether natural or man-made, don’t care what political party you prefer, or whether you’d rather hug a derrick or a tree. Editorials from around New York 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z A three-ton block of granite was being moved by a swinging derrick to its position inside the Post Office’s front wall when it fell from a height of 30 feet, crushing Nelson. The District’s Old Post Office exacted a steep toll on the men who built it 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z And that’s all before the gas ignites and the fireballs erupt, sending the survivors toward the lifeboats as the derrick and soon the entire rig are engulfed in flames. Into the inferno with the gripping 'Deepwater Horizon' 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z By day’s end, the raiders had destroyed two dozen encampments and 15 mining derricks, and invaded mining camps far better equipped than their own. Peru Scrambles to Drive Out Illegal Gold Mining and Save Precious Land 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z With the angel missing, the spire looks a bit like a decapitated oil derrick. At the Mormon Temple, a golden angel comes down to Earth 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z To the left are dunes, breakwaters and the little floating oil derrick islands in the Pacific. This L.A. walk takes you — and your dog — on a scenic oceanfront stroll in Long Beach 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z He estimated the date of the first one, which he received in 2013, based on built-in oil trays, a single drum and a 15-foot derrick, among other features. Cheyenne man resurrects antique farming equipment 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z He was also issued a civil complaint in the amount of $500 for allegedly leaving a replica of an oil derrick on Recchia’s lawn. Police: 1 man cited in protest at commissioner’s home 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z At night, you could hear the sounds of the mining derricks starting up again. Peru Scrambles to Drive Out Illegal Gold Mining and Save Precious Land 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Oklahoma’s intertwined relationship between politics and the energy industry is unabashedly symbolised at the statehouse, where oil derricks stand on the grounds. Is Oklahoma trying to be America’s least progressive state? 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The Golden Driller’s right arm rests on an actual derrick taken from an oil field near Seminole. Golden Driller model celebrates Tulsa statue’s 50th birthday 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z And so she found herself driving past oil derricks and natural gas flares, with fellow protesters who filmed her reaction. Immigrant detention centers remind therapist of traumatic childhood in internment camps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z About a dozen protesters on May 25 also painted orange lines on Recchia’s driveway and drove wooden stakes in the ground to secure the derrick. Police: 1 man cited in protest at commissioner’s home 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z After a few raids, the marines were out of dynamite and resorted to a less sophisticated tactic: using mallets to smash the truck engines that miners use to power their derricks. Peru Scrambles to Drive Out Illegal Gold Mining and Save Precious Land 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z From the ground, it resembles a derrick, set beside a series of low white buildings. The Invisible Catastrophe 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The original caption for the photo accompanying this article incorrectly said the pump jacks were oil derricks. IEA Says Oil Market Could ‘Drown in Oversupply’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A wooden derrick or tower standing 26 feet was needed to support the heavy ropes. Recapturing a small piece of Aspen’s mining history 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z He cues up several videos of air strikes on oil fields – the gray, silent feed shows derricks and building, under crosshairs, which suddenly erupt in balloons of flame and black smoke. US 'reasonably certain' it has killed 'Jihadi John' – as it happened 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The church, which sits off a two-lane, 75-mph highway, draws most of its members from nearby Cisco, Texas, a town of 3,800 filled with empty storefronts, idled derricks and beat-up houses. Special Report: Touting morality, billionaire Texas brothers top 2016 donor list 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z A trilling, high synthesizer sound wobbled over what sounds like a bassbin swinging from a derrick crane, punctuated by samples of low grumbles and sharp intakes of breath. Humans and machines form defiant double bill at FYF Fest 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The Discovery Well strike was loud, according to the Oklahoma City Times, under the headline, “City well hurls liquid gold high over oil derrick.” Well nearly forgotten, only remains are concrete pilings 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z When he was asked to work on the replica derrick, he said, “absolutely.” Recapturing a small piece of Aspen’s mining history 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z He cues up several videos of air strikes on oil fields – the gray, silent feed shows derricks and building, under crosshairs, which suddenly erupt in balloons of flame and black smoke. US 'reasonably certain' it has killed 'Jihadi John' – as it happened 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The blaze, which was 80% contained Tuesday, ran up to oil derricks in the hills and prompted the closure of fields operated by PXP Oil. Man charged with starting 370-acre Montebello brush fire 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z A black-and-white film records the Trinity test, the explosion of a little gray sphere covered in wires, bolts and plugs atop a giant erector set reminiscent of an oil derrick. 70 Years Since the First A-Bomb, Humanity Still Lives in Its Afterglow 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The symbol of all things Dallas, it will once again shine brightly, this time on a makeshift oil derrick in front of the Omni hotel. Rebuilt and restored, Dallas’ original Pegasus flies again 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z He believes the derrick will be a way to draw people in. Recapturing a small piece of Aspen’s mining history 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z There are fewer convoy trucks, which once clogged roads hauling equipment to the start-up oil derricks outside town, because there's less call for mud tanks and steel pipe casing. In West Texas oil boomtowns, 'the end is near' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z When one hears the term “tangible object,” he said, “a fish does not spring to mind – nor does an antelope, a colonial farmhouse, a hydrofoil or an oil derrick.” Justices Overturn a Fisherman’s Conviction for Tossing Undersize Catch 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z They wear matching black shirts depicting a derrick and the name of their ministry, Oil Patch Chapel. Preacher ministers to workers idled by oil bust 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Local artist Tony Collins has designed the steel structure, the makeshift oil derrick, that supports Pegasus in its spot at the Omni. Rebuilt and restored, Dallas’ original Pegasus flies again 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The coroner says Joshua Adams was working on a contracted Basic Energy Services oil derrick at the time of the accident. Coroner says oil rig worker died from trauma 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Potential targets are anything that benefits the Islamic State: an oil derrick that generates black market revenue or a communications node used by militant commanders to position fighters. Air Force analysts in heat of battle, half a world from the front 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z If the Kulluk’s deck was pitching that badly, he said, you could imagine what the derrick was doing. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In 2011, Andrew J. Rohr and two other workers were badly burned when a towering derrick erupted into flames and toppled. Where Oil and Politics Mix 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Two years earlier, a towering derrick in Golden Valley County had erupted into flames and toppled, leaving three workers badly burned. The Downside of the Boom 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Its newspaper used an image of a derrick in place of the “A” in its flag. Vexed by earthquakes, Texas calls in a scientist 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The old images of a forest of derricks and dust are from a bygone era. Growth 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The derrick was still pitching, and one of its cables had come loose and was whipping around in the air. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z From the waterline to the top of its drilling derrick, the vessel also known as “Godzilla-Maru” towers nearly 30 stories tall. Deep mission: Japan takes aim at the source of megaquakes 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The boom and mast of the derrick crane now rest in a Rockdale storage yard. EXCHANGE: Discovery opens door to bygone canal era 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Most of those jobs are connected to Oklahoma’s 110-and-counting casinos, which are becoming as familiar here as oil derricks. G.O.P. Hopeful Finds Tribal Tie Cuts Both Ways 2014-05-03T18:22:46Z I assume they will use the same technology being developed here in the Bakken, too, where derricks are now moved a little ways to drill the next hole. Growth 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z In order to maintain control, the helicopters would ideally face the heavy winds head-on, but the derrick blocked their path. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z On the road into the city, derricks pump oil from deep in the Earth. The town that wants more nuclear waste 2014-03-06T02:20:32Z The centrepiece of the vessel is the derrick, which is over 60 metres high. Asian shipyards: The deeper the better 2013-11-21T16:03:54Z The first step in the parbuckling process, the winching by the derrick, began this morning, but the ship didn’t budge until 6,000 tons of force were used. The Delicate Dance of Raising the Concordia 2013-09-16T18:50:27Z Navy set about blowing up Iranian oil derricks and targeting Iran’s warships. The Logic of War 2013-08-30T12:13:00Z The general story is right - that we want the derricks for fracking to be far away from residences in unloved places that are not environmentally sensitive. Fracking peer 'meant North West' 2013-08-01T09:49:43Z "Corporations are running the world, not the people," said Tom Wright, 55, a Belfast protester carrying a meter-tall model of an oil derrick painted with the slogan "No Fracking Way!" Protesters confront tight security in Belfast G8 rally 2013-06-15T14:58:10Z Several people were dressed as bundles of $50 bills and an oil derrick. Public Hearing on Elections Is Held Without the Public 2013-05-08T00:48:31Z "Believe me when I tell you that no one is going to vacation on the Sonoma coast if they are going to be looking at oil derricks," she said. Obama Administration to Expand Marine Sanctuary off Northern California 2012-12-21T18:15:20.923Z Oil derricks on the shore of the Caspian Sea, near Baku. The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London by James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello - review 2012-12-14T22:55:01Z There, the elder Specter opened a junkyard; when tornadoes blew through, he sent his son into the oil fields with a torch to cut up the toppled derricks. Arlen Specter, Former Senator, Dies at 82 2012-10-14T23:49:32Z “But the facade will be an art installment unto itself, just like those oil derricks” – he gestured in the direction of the Manhattan Oil Project, an installation in a lot around the corner. City Room: Spiegelworld Is Coming to a Lot Off Times Square 2012-05-06T20:51:14Z One of her two steel derricks had collapsed, the curved end trailing over the side. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z And then I tugged with all my might; and the stone slab uprose like a derrick on a ship, attained a vertical position, and there remained stationary and upright. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z An hour after that, Rudolf Stork was pacing the lower deck---a silent, shadowy figure in the moonlight, moving in and out among the derricks and the hatches. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted in suspended. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "I suppose it would be possible to rig a derrick and tackle over it?" A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Her scanty survivors were too done up to tackle the task of heaving out the torpedoes, for, included in the work of destruction, her derricks had shared the fate of the rest of the top-hamper. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Some were engaged in unloading the cargo and lifting it by a derrick to a terrace on the shore, far above the highest tide, where a storehouse was made for it. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z One of them held a derrick outfit, the other some heavy excavating machine. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Iron ore was being taken away for the skips with one of those spider-like mechanisms that combine crane, derrick, and steam-shovel. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z Accidents caused by use of defective derricks, scaffolds, and the careless handling of derricks are comparatively new and are one of the recent surprises in the business. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z The smoke of the light-cruiser and dozen destroyers which had met the Renown at sea and escorted her to anchorage, drifted in the heavy air, blurring the cranes and derricks of the inner harbour. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The flexible young tree rebounded slowly with the weight lighter than his pendant from it—like a stone attached to the boom of a derrick. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z The stand pipes will run from the top of the derrick to the cylinders on the crib, which will be in the neighborhood of 500 feet long. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z This scheme was to cast the columns in short sections, mould the radial and secondary beams as separate members, and then place them in position with derricks. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z The doublet “guy” is thus used of a rope which steadies a sail when it is being raised or lowered, or of a rope, chain or stay supporting a funnel, mast, derrick, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Oil underlies the pitch in the vicinity and a forest of derricks rises a quarter of a mile away. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Very gently the engineman slacked out the rope running over the top of the derrick, causing Joe to slowly disappear within the open mouth of the hatchway. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z So huge are the heads that it would need three men with derricks to move one of them!” Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z The derrick was erected seven times at the circumference, and its final position was on top of the center columns. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z In the mystery of my mountains they shall assail me; in the majesty of my forests, strike me down; with engine and derrick and millstone, bind me their slave. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z By means of a derrick and a cheap mule purchased for the purpose they raised the water when the well was dug. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Overhead, too, dangled a rope swinging from a derrick. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Its heads, O King, are so monstrous that six men with derricks could scarcely move one of them!” Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z A building was going up across the street, and the groaning of derricks and screaming of steam whistles jarred discordantly in the back of her mind. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The ship was of about 7000 tons, single funnelled, and with two stumpy masts with telescopic topmasts and a sheaf of derricks to each. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The excellence of your structure, then, consists mainly in this—that it is only a scaffold, with derricks, windlasses, and other apparatus and implements, for building something immeasurably more excellent. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z But the derrick above swung over promptly, and the rope descended. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z This was a poser, for with the fall of the foremast the derricks for working the fore-hold had also been carried away. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Unshipped derricks, tackle, and a confused heap of ropes littered the limited deck space, for the greater portion was taken up by uncovered hatches. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z In less than ten minutes the boat had been swung out by means of a derrick, and was straining at her painter alongside the accommodation ladder. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z One of his works, a desktop sculpture of an oil derrick, was featured on the television series "Dallas," where it was displayed on the desk of the show's villain, J.R. Oklahoma warden's wife found guilty of helping inmate escape 2011-09-22T00:47:12Z I'll tie a noose in the rope from the derrick, sit in it, and then get lowered. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z "Pity they didn't man the derrick and heave some of that stuff overboard," replied Mr. McKay, eyeing the timber with concern. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Once that mortgage is paid, you couldn't get Philander out of that buildin' with a derrick. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z A huge basket was slung down, suspended from the immense derrick on the ship’s deck, and into this we were unceremoniously packed, two at a time. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z A derrick was rigged over the main-hatch with a double chain purchase attached, and a powerful winch bolted to the deck, round which the chain revolved. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Side by side with them, and resting on the booms or transverse steel girders, were some larger boats which could only be hoisted out by means of derricks. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z One of the blocks was secured to the cud of the derrick, which was then hoisted to an angle of about forty-five degrees. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z If the charge explodes before it reaches the bottom of the well, it may blow back and wreck the derrick, and the timbers and “bull-wheel” may fall upon the men. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z A small army of workmen was swarming all over the place and the sounds of hammers and groaning of derricks and hum of machinery filled the air with a deafening din. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z They lay on the sand all day long, eyeing piteously the troughs to which their diminishing dole of water was lifted from the well by the creaking derrick. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Then came the metallic click of the hook engaging with the wire hawser from the derrick. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The derrick swung outboard, till the cutter was poised above the water and well clear of the sloping sides of the hull. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z There's a lop of a sea outside the breakwaters, and the five derricks we still have up sway dangerously—to say nothing of the funnel, the guys of which are yet adrift. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z You’ll have to get a derrick, Tib, and hoist me up. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z He is swung forward, dangling from the arm of the derrick, until he regains his balance and his footing upon the back of his horse. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z “The whole system came to grief through the wires breaking and the derricks giving way.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "Hoist me over by the derrick, of course," replied he. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z A tug is whistling, straining at a rope, Fixed to a dredge with derricks, scoops and cranes. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z They climbed the rig's derrick, unfurling a banner that read: "Stop Arctic destruction" and "Go Beyond Oil, Choose Clean Energy." Can the Earth sustain 10 billion people? 2011-05-04T22:50:00Z They are dingy powerful boats, fitted with a derrick and hoist or other machinery. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z A small oil derrick a mile to the south hummed in the background as we entered a lakelike opening in the marsh. A Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a Perfect Day for a Redfish 2011-04-17T23:25:01Z The apprentice's face clouded; he thought for a few minutes, then— "We can top one of the derricks and rig up a tackle, sir." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z As he approached the prison, three strange elephants drew a derrick against the wall and the great cap stone was lifted half off. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Wasner settled 14 years ago in Milanville, in the state's northeast corner, and will leave if drilling companies set up derricks nearby. Fracking: The Great Shale Gas Rush 2011-03-03T22:00:00Z Drilling derricks tower over barns, lining rural roads like feed silos. Drilling Down: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells? Tainted Water Hits Rivers 2011-02-26T22:41:29Z The clank of a steam winch and the swinging overhead of a long steel derrick announced the fact that preparations were being made to welcome home the "stray bird." Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The dangerous deck-load of mahogany baulks had been wrenched from its securing lashings, and had been swept overboard; while the disabled derrick, coming into contact with the donkey-engine, had snapped off short. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The following day as they were unloading the last boat and almost the last hogshead of tobacco, it slipped from the derrick hooks and rolled upon his foot. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z I am obliged to excavate a language—to loosen up its materials, then hoist them with a derrick. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z A quartermaster, summoned from the forecastle, hoisted a block and tackle to a derrick. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Deftly the flexible steel wire from the outswung derrick engaged the lifting hooks of the seaplane. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Winslow, meanwhile, ran from the accommodations area and saw the derrick on fire and people screaming. In testimony, executives relive actions on night of Deepwater Horizon explosion 2010-08-30T03:37:00Z Last week, lightning struck a derrick on top of one of the ships that is collecting oil siphoned from the leaking well, starting a small fire. Feinberg Says Faster Claim Payment Is Needed as Spill Cost to BP Tops $2 Billion 2010-06-21T19:50:00Z It was hard work on the slick steel of the drilling floor below the rig’s 220-foot-high derrick, surrounded by soaring lengths of drill pipe stacked vertically like drinking straws on a lunch counter. A Drill Ship Crew Labors to Sink a Well to Kill a Well 2010-06-21T02:37:00Z Lightning struck the derrick — the tower on the vessel that is collecting oil from the damaged undersea well — and caused what BP officials termed a “small fire” at 9:30 a.m. Lightning Strikes Gulf Ship Collecting Oil 2010-06-15T20:35:00Z Hence the necessity for a long and powerful derrick to swing the seaplane, with its broad expanse of wings, clear of the ship's side and deposit it carefully upon deck. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z BP said in a statement that the fire, which started after lightning struck the derrick — the familiar looking tower used to lift the piping — was quickly extinguished, and there were no injuries. After Lightning, Oil Recovery is Suspended 2010-06-15T20:45:00Z After landing on the Enterprise, which is about the length of three American football fields and resembles an oil tanker with a giant derrick fixed on top, Hayward met officials from BP and Transocean. Special Report: Inside BP's War Room 2010-06-01T19:05:00Z Fishermen talk of the days when derricks sprouted in their back yards. In the bayou, fish and oil have mixed for decades 2010-05-19T19:29:00Z Pieces of machinery were raining down from the derrick, 200 feet overhead. Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010-05-07T04:00:00Z It has a full and perfect equipment of steam drills, engines, derricks, an excellent wharf, vessels for transporting freight, and all modern appliances for carrying on the business of quarrying. Rockhaven These large concrete blocks are deposited by cranes from staging, tipped into the sea from a sloping platform on barges, or floated out between pontoons, or slung out from floating derricks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" A tall derrick carries the sheaves and ropes by which the rods and tools are manipulated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The jeep was swung out to the lowermost cargo port, and the spaceship's cargo derrick lowered the compact army vehicle to the ground. The Secret of the Ninth Planet A floating derrick was fastened to our stern, the buoy and anchor were hoisted on it, and our vessel was thus taken into the dry dock. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document “I never heard of its equal,” said I. “You must have used a derrick.” Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder When we left Bakersfield we saw just outside the town a perfect forest of oil derricks towering into the air, some of the wells being new ones, others having been abandoned. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway For holes of large diameter earth augers are handled with the aid of a light derrick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" On the 11th, we were again at our purchases, and the head of the derrick was raised to the angle I had intended, being about fifty feet above the surface of the sea. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day He had a pretty rough tongue when he was at his best; and he was in bad health for a long time before the derrick fell on him. The King of Arcadia After that we'll get a derrick and hoist her to your top floor, and she'll play Schubert, till the cows come home or the landlady puts us out. A Top-Floor Idyl He told us that we had taken the wrong turn and directed us on our way, past the tall derricks and northeast to Tulare. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Built-up joints involve a system of lapping and bolting and fishing, as in the case of temporary structures, for large spans of centering for arches, and for derrick cranes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" As soon as the larger bell and the giant derrick could be put in service, the happy task of fishing up treasure was carried on at a great pace. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day "I shall neither fall into the river, nor stand under a derrick whose guy lines are unsafe." The King of Arcadia A derrick in the jagged bowl of the quarry moved its giant arms slowly, and a steam-whistle shrieked. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Beaching the ship, the torpedo was hauled aboard with a derrick and placed on the deck, to be taken apart and shipped back to the torpedo room below. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers The block of marble arrived from Italy, and Fairfax superintended its difficult entry by derrick through the studio window. Fairfax and His Pride Then a terrific storm swept the cove, totally demolished the derrick, carried the large diving bell to the bottom, and made hash of the whole equipment devised with such immense toil and pains. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Out on the great ramparts of the dam the masons were swinging block after block of the face wall into place, and the burr-r and cog-chatter of the huge derrick hoisting gear were incessant. The King of Arcadia In more recent ships a special derrick boom is rigged for this block, and a second accumulator is sometimes inserted between the topping lift by which this is raised and the end of the boom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" On the Pennsylvania oil lands twenty men put up a derrick, sink a test well, and fail. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. At the farthest end of the steel-walled chamber was a sort of derrick contrivance. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam Undismayed by this failure, by seven o'clock of the following morning, we were again in the cove with the derrick. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Then, as a towering derrick head loomed gallows-like in the gathering dusk, with a white blotch of masonry to fill the ravine over which it stood sentinel: "Is that our camp?" The King of Arcadia The dredge is lowered from the derrick boom, which has been previously trained over to windward so that its end is well clear of the ship, while the ship is slowly moving forward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Sixteen out of the twenty reorganize, sink a new well within fifty rods of the other, build a new derrick, and never touch the old one, leaving it to rot. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Like the other machinery on the Peacemaker, the derrick was operated by electricity. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam Presently he came down to meet me, and reported that a stupendous roller had struck the derrick on its side, and broke it off twenty feet from the heel. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The falling derrick may or may not have been aimed specially at Macpherson; but it committed premeditated murder, just the same—the broken guy cable was rotted in two with acid. The King of Arcadia Derrick cranes are made of all powers, from the timber 1-ton hand derrick to the steel 150-ton derrick used in shipbuilding yards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The expense of this kind of machinery is great; and yet out of the abandoned derricks in the oil regions you could almost build a timber track from Corry to New York. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The torpedoes were placed on racks so that it was a simple matter to secure them to the lifting chain of the derrick. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam There were parties of carpenters building the derrick, making, carrying to the selected situations, and placing the securities for supporting and working it. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day None the less, he rose and strolled with her across the stone yard; and at the foot of the great derrick he pulled out one of the cutter's benches for a seat. The King of Arcadia Scottish derrick portable by using three trucks, one under the mast, and the others under the two back legs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The ship’s derricks having been lifted, these made the first preparations for discharging the cargo. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Then the submarine was hoisted overboard by means of a derrick, and under her own power run to anchorage off a small island not far from Snug Haven. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam The waves struck the derrick with steadily increasing force, and I watched it with all the distressing feelings that a father would evince toward a favorite child when in a situation of great danger. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day "It was a false alarm," Ballard explained, when he rejoined his companion at the derrick's foot. The King of Arcadia The derrick crane introduces a problem for which many solutions have been sought, that of preventing the load from being lifted or lowered when the jib is pivoted up or down to alter the radius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The derricks received a terra-cotta coat and their trellis work looked an amenity, against the general whiteness. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade The constant concussions had caused the gear of the derrick to stretch, and every blow from the sea caused it to swing and buckle to an alarming degree. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day From where they were sitting at the derrick's foot, the great boom leaned out like a giant's arm uplifted above the canyon lake. The King of Arcadia He tied the boat to one of the odd derrick affairs and scrambled out. The Caves of Fear Then a small derrick was made to support the mast nearly in balance. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw Helen turned abruptly away and joined Uncle Sid at the foot of the great derrick which was to swing the last stone into place. The Vision of Elijah Berl If a derrick was needed, they were the men to make it out of nothing. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day "Now, if he had only banished the derricks at the same time," commented Gardiner reflectively. The King of Arcadia It didn't take long to discover the reason for the odd little derricks on the barge. The Caves of Fear Rough, uncouth, primitive, it lay cradled in the lap of inhospitable hills upon the denuded slopes of which derricks towered like gallows. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Amidst the cheers of the watchers on the abutments, the boom of the derrick swung free. The Vision of Elijah Berl When ready to be placed in position, this derrick, built of odds and ends, was an enormous spar one hundred and fifty-eight feet long. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day One swims out of a torrent—if he can—and an active young fellow might possibly be able to dodge a falling derrick. The King of Arcadia The coal was taken in by derricks at the main deck ports. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" It wasn’t steps, not exactly; it was a chain of coal scoops on a long derrick arm, a moving bucket arrangement for unloading fuel from barges. The Knights of Arthur Out on one of the abutments, a great derrick rose; near its foot an engineer stood with his hand on the throttle of an engine. The Vision of Elijah Berl Usually, we are dragged to the dock gates with the hatches uncovered, the derricks aloft, and the stowers still busy blocking off the last slings of the cargo. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Don was trying to climb out on the iron derrick when Mike came on the scene. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest The next morning a huge derrick frowned in the dooryard, and a picturesque group of workmen lounged under the acacias. Stories of the Foot-hills I don't care to feel like using a derrick every time I roll over. Through Our Unknown Southwest Jack got out the derricks and chains and grapplers and the heaviest steel bodied trucks we had. Robots of the World! Arise! Time and again we returned on our regular schedule, to find the German berthed across the dock, lying as we had left her, with derricks down and her hatchways closed. . . . Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Mike had no intention of using the machinery to lower the derrick, but he resorted to an Indian manner of rescue. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest The derrick barge had been towed over to the place where the Bright Eyes was sunk, the evening before. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club At last he saw, trailing over the quarter, a wire rope, one of the stays of the after derrick, and he made ready to climb. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers On the cliff a high derrick is erected. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast They are everywhere; in the rigging, astride the derricks, over the top of boats and rafts they are stretched out to the sun. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war In this he made a loop which he flung with such dexterity that it shot over the upper end of the derrick, just above the grapple that held the cables. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest As the two stood on the verge of the clear space, now gashed deep in every direction in the woods and larger by a hundred acres, grim derricks rose sharply outlined against the wintry sky. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The stay evidently had been melted through at the derrick head, but the heated end had fallen in the water and cooled. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Every movement of the buoy which imparts motion to the pulley on top of the derrick must be converted into an additional impetus to a fly-wheel always running in the same direction. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Before the pilot is off the ship with his docket signed, the blocks of our derricks are rattling and the stevedores are setting up their gear for an immediate start. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Upon raising the derrick, all hands on the rock spontaneously gave three hearty cheers, as a favourable omen of our future exertions in pointing out more permanently the position of the rock. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Jack had never actually seen an oil derrick before in his life, but he knew that this was one. Jack Winters' Campmates "I see an oil well!" shouted Fred presently, and he pointed out of the car window to where the huge derrick could be seen over a distant rise of ground. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields Mug of hot water in hand, I pick my way aft among the derrick chains, and descend to my room. An Ocean Tramp When his emotions go deep, words stick in his throat, and have to be hauled out of him with a derrick. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl An engine-house and derrick are next put up, the latter of timber in the modern wells, but in the older ones simply of slender saplings, sometimes still rooted in the earth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 I’d like above everything to get close enough to snap off a picture of that derrick.” Jack Winters' Campmates Some of the woodwork surrounding the derrick had been removed, and all the electric connections were pronounced in good working order. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields Betty was much impressed with her first near view of the immense derricks. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune With the help of some of the "canvas-backs," the automobile was worked off of the road and into the field on the north side of the quarry hole near the derrick. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Wandering one day among groves of derricks and villages of tanks, Miselle and her guide came upon a building containing a pair of truculent monsters in a high state of activity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 So Toby hoped, and watched, and waited, to see the climax, his attention divided between the hound dog and the oil derrick, where the cluster of men moved to and fro. Jack Winters' Campmates At a great distance they could see many twinkling electric lights, one of which hung on the top of every oil derrick. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields “In Oklahoma the stuff that dreams are made of comes up through an iron derrick, that’s sure.” Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune He remembered a derrick on one side of the cut. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters He opened the paper which he held in his hand and read: “‘Property of Hitt oil company, including derricks, pump houses, storage tanks, destroyed by fire. Carmen Ariza The men were hurrying away from the vicinity of the derrick now! Jack Winters' Campmates The forty-foot tower is built much like an oil well derrick. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Remember how Mr. Gordon used to rave over so many derricks on an acre? Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Some of the circus men can unload the motor, and Nipper, you can show them how to set it up on the derrick platform. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters On the quays are the towering lattices of patent derricks, forests of them, that handle coal and ore and cargoes of infinite variety. Westward with the Prince of Wales Then an unseen giant arose in his might, and tossed the derrick upwards as though it were composed of mere straws. Jack Winters' Campmates The derrick was falling as he fired again. Two Thousand Miles Below Bob agreed that the groceryman was a living example of the Golden Rule, and then the sight of oil derricks in the distance changed the trend of their thoughts. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune The derrick drums squeaked a moment before settling down to a business-like grumble. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters It was a dark jumble of spars and masts, derricks, funnels and cabin roofs, all shadowy and silent. The Harbor Through this he expected to sight his camera, and get the oil derrick in focus; after which a slight click would announce that his object had been accomplished. Jack Winters' Campmates A million things to do—men, crews for the drills, derricks.... Two Thousand Miles Below From the station she could see half a dozen one-story shacks and, beyond, the outline of oil well derricks. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Fasten the ends together around that rusty derrick hook attached to the end of the cable. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Above me a derrick mast growled and whined as it rocked. The Harbor A half hour later, those waiting on the floor of the derrick above the hole in which Asher had gone down, started. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 But the buildings and the towering steelwork of the derrick that handled the rotary drills were dim and ghostly in the light of the stars. Two Thousand Miles Below Far away she saw the outlines of oil derricks, but the horse seemed to have taken her out of the immediate vicinity of the oil fields. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune The lacing of steel derrick cable held it in place, and everything was safe. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters And now as I looked about me all those densely crowded derricks moved to and fro against the sky. The Harbor R. Briggs Johns paced up and down the laboratory floor, talking to Asher, who had just arisen from his bed, two weeks after he had collapsed at their feet in the derrick. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 They picked the skeleton framework of the giant derrick in black relief against the white glare of the sand. Two Thousand Miles Below This rule is true for all kinds of levers, blocks and tackles or pulley systems, automobile and bicycle gears, belt systems, cog systems, derricks, crowbars, and every kind of machine. Common Science Bruce led the group around the quarry hole to the north side and pointed out the derrick and the coil of rusted steel cable. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Most of the barges had derrick masts, and all these masts were moving. The Harbor Below, at last, Beside the sea, with derrick and with pier, By heaps of granite, noise of drill and bore, A Cape Ann town, towering with many a mast. An Ode Read August 15, 1907, at the dedication of the monument erected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in commemoration of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-three There were men running toward the derrick—men of the day shift who had been aroused from their sleep. Two Thousand Miles Below He left the horse with a man he came upon lower down, and, reaching the shingle at the water’s edge, saw the great derrick swing black athwart the glare of a big fire. The Greater Power He noted with satisfaction that the derrick had been only partly dismantled and that the rusty steel cable was coiled up in a pile beside the heavy upright. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters For the shadow was only a scow with a derrick. The Harbor The incoming train, an engine with a way car, two flats, and the Bear Dance derrick, slowed up at one end of the wreck while Sinclair and his foreman talked. Whispering Smith Others were clustered about the wide concrete floor where the derrick stood. Two Thousand Miles Below It’s a trifle unfortunate I hadn’t hove that rock out with the derrick. The Greater Power In five minutes the circus men were working like beavers, weaving the cable through the pulleys, placing the heavy boom and getting the derrick fitted up for service. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters One of them said that the wrecking-crew would be along with a derrick in a few hours. In a Little Town Sinclair stopped at the derrick, and the freight conductor went on to where his brakeman had enlisted two of Sinclair’s giants to help get out the tramp. Whispering Smith Dean seated himself at the top of the derrick. Two Thousand Miles Below Nasmyth did not think very clearly, but he remembered subconsciously what the construction of that derrick had cost him. The Greater Power In fact, the whole water-front is a natural quay,—which wants nothing but time to make it alive with steam-elevators, warehouses, and derricks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 "Heavens!" said Bell; "you'd need a derrick to move your legs." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Men rigging the derrick pointed to the hind car. Whispering Smith He was puzzling over such futile questioning when he saw the first sign of attack. t the foot of the derrick was the hoisting shed. Two Thousand Miles Below The fighting was in and out of ruined buildings, collieries, pit derricks, and the usual structures of a mining settlement. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Charles-Norton fell backward into his bunk, his legs swaying perpendicularly in the air like two derricks gone amuck. The Trimming of Goosie A lofty oil-well derrick surmounts the edge of the terrace a hundred yards below our camp. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo “Call off the men!” he yelled to Karg at the derrick. Whispering Smith Except for that, there was clear sand for a radius of fifty feet around the derrick's base. Two Thousand Miles Below A derrick had been used, and rollers placed under the block when men had moved it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 He has a new hay derrick, and I rode a horse and worked the derrick. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The jar of the collision had displaced and upset the derrick. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer McCloud asked questions about the wreck and the chances of getting the track clear, and while they talked Sinclair sent Karg to get the new derrick into action. Whispering Smith The thin line of green flame ripped straight out, swinging in a quick, sweeping trajectory, slashing through the steelwork of the great derrick itself! Two Thousand Miles Below So they put up a derrick, and commenced to drill right where the pig yard was, not far from the house. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor Once a runaway engine crashed into a derrick car on the top of a bridge and the debris can be seen in the valley below to this day. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Dimly outlined directly in their path was a flat car, and above it, skeletonized against the fading sunset sky, was the framework of a derrick. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer I have seen horses which had fallen into these great holes shot and covered over because they could not be gotten out without a derrick. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man The derrick was falling as he fired again. Two Thousand Miles Below Had his bulk been in proportion to his trance, I should have needed a block and tackle and a derrick to raise this later Lazarus. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm "All ready, now," said Bob, as the last cartridge was lowered into position, and the reel removed from the derrick. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation He pulled the reverse lever, but could not get action quick enough to entirely evade the falling derrick. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Workmen with great labor were raising blocks of granite by means of derricks, and others, in groups of ten or fifteen, were removing old beams to make room for new ones. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) They beat it—went last night after the derrick fell. Two Thousand Miles Below One plan would be to take away the top layers of wood with derricks, and of course the mass beneath will rise closer to the surface. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Over this, grim and weird-looking in the moonlight, rose the framework of the derrick, formed of heavy timbers, and apparently solid enough to resist any pressure that might be brought to bear upon it. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation It can be used in stump pulling, or derrick work, such as using a hay fork. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The prisoners were now secured and the boy ranchers, with Bud's father and his cowboys, drew near the great hole in the ground—the hole over which leaned an improvised derrick. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Twisted steel of the wrecked derrick was still further distorted; the enemy had ripped it to pieces with his stabbing flames. Two Thousand Miles Below Huge hulks they clutched from this underworld, heaved up with enormous derricks and crashed out on the upper land. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds The damage done to the derrick was not heeded by the owner since the destructive agent was worth just so much money per barrel to him. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation The derrick, with its tackle, was just as Mary had left it, yet neither in the cavern nor on the ledge was a trace of the young man to be seen. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines From this derrick ran a long rope, rigged over pulleys, and it was to the pulling end of this cable that the Diamond X steers were hitched. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Where the derrick had stood was the mouth of the twenty-inch casing. Two Thousand Miles Below Again the derricks ground, as slowly, steadily, accurately, they swung each beam to its place. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds The derrick had been struck, and its thousand fragments strewed the earth in every direction. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation Directly beyond the packages of goods he came upon a small derrick, set firmly into the solid rock at both top and bottom. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Others, including the two professors themselves, remained at the scene where some of the Diamond X cattle were attached by ropes to the apparatus that looked like the derrick. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X The cable that ran from it was entangled with the wreckage of the derrick, but it had not been cut. Two Thousand Miles Below The stone was dropped by the quarry-side, and the idle derrick swung, While each man talked of the aims of art, and each in an alien tongue. Modern British Poetry The trees had long since fallen before the fiery blast; the derricks and buildings of the adjacent wells were consumed, while inch by inch the oil-fed fire crept nearer the town. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation The while derricks were swaying in and out, whipping the baggage from the holds of the lighters that lay alongside, grinding heavily in the swell, fenders notwithstanding. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The animals had been prevented from stampeding during the fight because of the ropes that bound them to the derrick. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X And there, where the derrick had stood, was a tall plume of white. Two Thousand Miles Below She had a single funnel painted black, with two broad red bands; two stumpy masts, with derricks, and a lofty bridge and chart-house abaft the funnel. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The derrick's already built, the engine's up, and we commenced drilling this morning. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation It was a strange, straggling-looking arrangement of recently put together frame houses, cranes, derricks, and piles of lumber. A Pirate of Parts They're over near that hole in the ground, with some of my steers yoked up to that derrick. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X His assistants were unused to managing diving-bells, and when they came to haul him up the derrick got out of order. James B. Eads Years ago there used to be a tramway down to the rock, and they shipped copper ore by means of derricks into lighters, which were towed across in fine weather to Swansea. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War A guy for tracing up, or bearing a boom or derrick. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "Not much of anything now, but the faint outlines of a bunch of houses, cranes, derricks, and things, and a lot of lights," replied Handy. A Pirate of Parts Those are my steers you have hitched to that derrick. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Then we must get up a sort of derrick. With Cochrane the Dauntless In place of masts she had four stumpy poles supporting derricks. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War A chain sling swung past beneath a moving derrick, and as they crossed the deck to get out of the way he saw a steamer close by. Brandon of the Engineers They swarmed like bees over the deck and bridge-house, they clung to the rigging and funnel stays, and perched like monkeys on the mast and derrick. The Long Trick After Colonel Howell had inspected the derrick, he returned and seated himself on a stump. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Once they were outside, Percy turned into a shadowy side street that was only partly built up, a dreary waste of derricks and foundation holes, but comparatively solitary. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Deserting their boat, they scrambled to cover in the tall grass while those busy with the derrick gear rushed to catch up muskets and powder-horns. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Where the upper surface broke off, two gangs of men stood beside the tackles that trailed away from the foot of the derrick. Brandon of the Engineers He seemed more especially designed for light derrick work. At Good Old Siwash Anxious to move the derrick before winter was fully upon them, Colonel Howell and his two men had persisted in working the drill 192 all day. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland The slightest obstacle—the guy of a funnel, the lift of a boat derrick—was enough to burst the shell. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima A ferocious yell burst from the pinnace and a flight of musket balls whistled over the heads of the fugitives who had so hastily abandoned their operations with the derrick and gear and the boat. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Then we’ll sink a test well, get up a derrick and a’ engine, and have the thing running in no time. Mr. Opp She found the wrecked car, near the derrick, as Thompson and I found it, later on. The Last Woman When the gas vein was unexpectedly tapped late in the afternoon, the drill pipes had been blown out and the escaping gas, igniting from the near-by boiler, had consumed the derrick. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland The derrick keeps up an incessant racket as the hold is gradually filled. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia It had been swayed in far enough so that it fell not in the water but upon the edge of the shore between the derrick spars. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Briefly the derrick consisted of a vertical steel-work tower 10 ft. square and 85 ft. high, within which operated a steel mast 135 ft. high and carrying an 80-ft. boom connected just above the tower. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs He threw the throttle wide open, and after another moment he saw the derrick loom before him. The Last Woman Fortunately, the tubing and drills had been forced through the derrick and were saved. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland There is the cargo boat, long, comparatively low, and rather dingy; with derricks and vast holds, which remind one of the tentacles and stomach of an octopus. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways A lumbering old lighter with a yawing derrick passed close aboard. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The side panels being comparatively light, were stripped without the use of the derrick, and these panels were assembled on the ground with the inside piece. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The story of the wreck of the White Steamer on the rocks under the derrick remained untold. The Last Woman Like a gallows, almost concealed behind a fringe of poplar trees, stood the familiar lines of an oil derrick. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland We rigged a derrick formed of the foreyards of the vessels, and made as easy work of it as possible. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Not the horse-sweep of old times, but the steam derrick and the electric hoist lift the heavy blocks from the quarry. Diggers in the Earth The derrick then picked up the outside panel again, and placed it in its proper place. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Cruelly broken and bruised, Young, Bill Dancing, and Glover late that night were brought up in rope cradles by the wrecking derrick and taken into the Brock car, turned by its owner into a hospital. The Daughter of a Magnate The boys also learned that the best prospects were not those found where the derrick had been erected. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Even Lowell, in the later Biglow Papers, which pleaded with deeper pathos and power than before for freedom—even he could write of "hoisting your captain's heart up with a derrick." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Then, as the blocks are cut out, the big derrick lifts and loads them on waiting cars. Diggers in the Earth The arrangement of derricks for erecting and stripping forms is shown in Fig. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The derrick was out of commission because once more the lift cable had parted. Still Jim For a week Ewen and Miller had been setting up the wood boiler and engine for operating the derrick. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Then with a derrick they hoisted Little Missouri's only depository for the helpless inebriate on the flatcar and departed westward. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Sometimes concrete blocks are moulded on land and lowered by a derrick, while a diver stands ready to see that they go into their proper places. Diggers in the Earth Hoisting may be done by platform hoists or elevators, by bucket hoists, or by derricks. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Little Jim, sitting with his long legs dangling over the derrick pit, watched his father and 'Masso tease the derrick into swinging the great blocks to the flat car for the rush order. Still Jim Off to the right a derrick floated hub-deep in slime; grapplers from it were clinging to the dredge and the derrick was heaving and splashing like a trapped hippopotamus. The Native Soil I had to be pulled out of the Peppermint mine with a derrick. Andiron Tales A mighty chain is then wound about it, the steam derrick lifts it, lays it gently upon a car, and it is carried to the shed to be cut into shape, smoothed, and perhaps polished. Diggers in the Earth For low structures the derrick can be set on the ground, but for high buildings a supporting tower or staging is necessary. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs It took some time to rig the other derrick to bear on the situation. Still Jim The derrick wobbled and let out a whine as steel cable sizzled out. The Native Soil Has any gentleman brought a derrick along with him to assist in the operation? Andiron Tales When this has been arranged, he builds his derrick. Diggers in the Earth A Smith mixer discharged directly into derrick buckets, which rested on a track long enough to hold two buckets. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs His companion, with whom he guided the rock that the derrick lifted was a Sicilian. Still Jim In the centre, one of the monster derricks held suspended in its chains a forty-ton block of granite just lifted from its eternal bed. Flamsted quarries "Nope, I'm going to see if I can build a derrick," was the reply, so Toad started off alone. Christmas Holidays at Merryvale The Merryvale Boys Looks, smell, and oil alike are unpleasant, but every oil derrick covers a fortune and helps to make our machinery run smoothly. Diggers in the Earth The buckets were filled and emptied alternately by shuttling the truck and attaching first one and then the other to the derrick. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs I told him as I told him forty times before that he'd have to get a new derrick, but he won't. Still Jim The great steel derricks and their crisscrossing cables cast curiously foreshortened shadows on the gleaming white expanse. Flamsted quarries The Minnesota flag-ship lay across the horizon, and after a time I remarked the low walls and black derricks of the Rip Raps. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War At the top of the derrick is a pulley. Diggers in the Earth In constructing an 8-story warehouse covering some three acres of ground in Chicago, Ill., the derrick plant shown by Figs. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs It was Big Jim who was sufficiently intelligent to keep demanding a new derrick. Still Jim The ponderous crash of the derrick followed by the screams of the two boys, brought the quarrymen, the women and children, rushing in terrified haste from their evening meal. Flamsted quarries Blocks and tackles were then made fast to the end of the fore and main booms, the booms were triced up at an angle to serve as derricks, and the hatch-covers were stripped off. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas With tackle and derrick the locomotive was swung upon a specially constructed sled, and the spurred tires were set upon its drivers. The Rainy Day Railroad War The derrick was operated by a 25-HP. double drum electric hoist with a derrick swinging spool; this hoist was set on the basement floor. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs "But I'm going to get a job in the quarry as soon as I can keep from getting sick at my stomach every time I see a derrick." Still Jim Besides, there was the added inducement of close proximity to the wonderful new derrick that, since its instalment, had been occupying many of Billy's waking thoughts. Flamsted quarries "I don't see how they cud get derrick hands f'r six a week." Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War It was a cold, wet and tedious job, the grappling and the raising, but his derricks were strong and his rigging plentiful. The Rainy Day Railroad War As stated above, four of these derricks were employed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Little Jim sat at the quarry edge and dangled his legs over the derrick pit. Still Jim Monster derricks, flat stone-cars, dummy engines, electric motors, were everywhere in evidence. Flamsted quarries Th' derrick hands got six a week, but hadn't anny union. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War The first of these was an immensely strong and solid flat, supporting a small derrick, which was at the same time so powerful as to be capable of lifting enormous weights. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy The derrick was operated by a 15-h.p. double drum hoisting engine, was held in place by six wire guy ropes, and had a reach such that only one moving was necessary after it was placed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Well, I went with my usual kick to the boss about the derrick and he told me to take it or leave it. Still Jim But beyond the power-house, the ledges fell away very gradually to the lowest slopes where stood, one among many in the quarries, the new monster steel derrick which the men had erected last week. Flamsted quarries Masts and rigging went down hourly, and ropes dangled in mid-air, while men unloading coal and lumber worked like beavers at windlass and derrick, which creaked loudly above the noise of the waters. A Woman who went to Alaska Besides the derrick and its belongings the flat carried only a few spare car trucks. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy These derricks were jacked up as the work progressed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The great derrick broke clean from its moorings and dropped across the flat car, throwing Big Jim and 'Masso and the swinging block together in a ghastly heap. Still Jim She looked up at the derrick— What was that! Flamsted quarries Where now there are mountains and valleys dotted with oil derricks, there was once the water of the open ocean. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The steam shovel was invented, the traveling crane, the gigantic derrick, the pile driver. Steve and the Steam Engine A derrick handled the skips between the sump and the work. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs She did not know what utter courage it had taken to join the derrick gang, not for fear for his own safety, but because of the dread association in his own mind. Still Jim A mile or so beyond the town, on the scarred hillsides, stuck up the derricks of the quarries, which were the town's reason for being. Sonnie-Boy's People Some of her derricks were gone, the ropes charred an' the wires endin' in blobs o' melted metal. Plotting in Pirate Seas |
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