Tunnel Vision
Photograph

Basil C. Levine

Maker
American, 1928–2011

Tunnel Vision

ca. 1975
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (30.2 × 25.1 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0084
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: TUNNEL VISION-- What looks like a small tunnel is a motor section of a submersible \ pump in production at thecoupled with a pump capable of moving 2,000 gallons of seawater a minute Byron Jackson unit of Borg-Warner Corporation in Los Angeles. \ Pumps such as these are suspended below offshore oil platforms, where spcae is at \ premium. Thin copper wires are shown being inserted through the slots inside the motor \ casing to form the motor winding. When completed, this 200 horsepower motor will be \ coupled with a pump capable of moving 2,000 gallons of seawater a minute in emergencies. \ -0- \ From: John A. DeMilia \ Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. \ 380 Madison Avenue (212) 986-6100 \ New York, New York 10017 \ For: BYRON JACKSON PUMPS \ BORG-WARNER CORPORATION \ Slug: TUNNEL VISION \ Neg. No.: BW1028 \ 41282
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
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