PLUTO pipeline at Southampton Docks The advancing army required constant supplies of fuel. To meet this P.L.U.T.O. -Pipe Line Under The Ocean - was developed. This pipeline ran from Lepe across the Solent and the Isle of Wight and then under the channel to France. P.L.U.T.O. was made up of 7.5cm (3”) diameter welded steel, which possessed enough flexibility to be wound onto very large drums. It was floated out on huge drums, named HMS Conundrums, that resembled giant cotton reels. Each of the drums was 27.4m (90’) long and 15.8m (52’) in diameter and carried 70 miles of piping. The pipeline eventually extended 770 miles and supplied the army with 172 million gallons of fuel.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:52:17 +0000
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