Fuel tankers? who needs 'em: WW2 Cross Channel pipeline

Started by Staggerwing, January 16, 2015, 06:37:51 AM

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Staggerwing

January 16, 2015, 06:37:51 AM
Amazing bit of engineering. To feed its fuel-hungry forces the Allies constructed a formidable underwater pipeline that ran from England to France. At it's peak the pipeline was delivering almost a million gallons of fuel a day!

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January 16, 2015, 10:18:23 AM
and it has its own counter in Liberty Roads!

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