Big Inch
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big-inch-213-725281
title:
Big Inch
text:
The Big Inch and Little Big Inch, collectively known as the Inch pipelines, are petroleum pipelines extending from Texas to New Jersey, built between 1942 and 1944 as emergency war measures in the U.S. Before World War II, petroleum products were transported from the oil fields of Texas to the north-eastern states by sea by oil tankers. After the United States entered the war on 1 January 1942, this vital link was attacked by German submarines in Operation Paukenschlag, threatening both the oil
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Petroleum pipelines from Texas to New Jersey
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Inch
date created:
2007-12-24T03:33:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T07:26:00Z
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image:
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13
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