A crane lifts a segment of pipeline during construction of the Interprovincial
pipeline, which stretches from Edmonton to Superior, Wisconsin, and was
completed in five months during 1950.
1951
The Imperial Leduc is launched at Collingwood, Ont.
1952
A father and son watch Hockey Night in Canada. The Imperial-sponsored program
was first broadcast on television in 1952.
1953
Geologists study a land map during summer fieldwork.
1954
A company representative meets with a landowner to negotiate a pipeline right
of way.
1955
Cartons are filled with Esso Marvelube, which had been introduced in 1926.
1956
An older service station in Montreal continues to meet drivers' needs.
1957
Employees in the lobby of Imperial's new head office on Toronto's St. Clair
Avenue. The building opened in 1957.
1958
A controller monitors operations from the powerformer control room at the
Winnipeg refinery.
1959
A Trans Canada Air Lines plane is refuelled from an Imperial tanker truck.