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The Inch pipelines comprised two systems, the Big Inch pipeline and the Little Big Inch pipeline. [22] The Big Inch was a 24-inch (610 mm) pipeline for crude oil; it ran from the East Texas Oil Field at Longview, Texas, to Norris City, Illinois, and on to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, from where it branched into 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) segments ...
It was the enormous quantities of oil from the East Texas Oil Field and their importance to the Allied effort in World War II that led to the creation of the world's largest pipeline up until that time, the "Big Inch", a 24-inch (610 mm), 1,400-mile (2,300 km) pipeline which transported crude to refineries in the Philadelphia area. Prior to ...
It was the longest, biggest and heaviest project of its type then undertaken; the Big and Little Big Inch pipelines were 1,254 and 1,475 miles (2,018 and 2,374 kilometres) long respectively, with 35 pumping stations along their routes. The project required 16,000 people and 725,000 short tons (658,000 t) of materials.
April 2 – The "Little Big Inch' gas pipeline exploded and burned, near Jonesboro, Arkansas. There were no injuries reported. [75] July 16 – During the extraction of a pipeline cleaning tool, the "Big Inch" pipeline exploded in West Chester, Pennsylvania. One worker was killed, and 2 others injured. There was no fire reported. [76] [77]
December 18 – A 30-inch gas pipeline exploded and burned at a gas processing plant in Gibson, Louisiana. One plant worker was injured. [192] December 28 – A crew was working an 8 inch gas pipeline to a 20 inch pipeline, near Bay City, Texas, when there was an explosion. Two persons of the crew were killed, and, four others injured.
The slow-motion footage in “Every Little Thing” of hummingbirds captured in flight, or beak deep in a flowering bud or hovering at 50 beats per second are awe-nudging. Director Sally Aitken ...
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