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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 supplies to the north-east and its onward transshipment to Great Britain. The Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, championed the pipeline project as a way of transporting petroleum by the more-secure, interior route.

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  • 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 supplies to the north-east and its onward transshipment to Great Britain. The Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, championed the pipeline project as a way of transporting petroleum by the more-secure, interior route. The pipelines were government financed and owned, but were built and operated by the War Emergency Pipelines company, a non-profit corporation backed by a consortium of the largest American oil companies. 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. It was praised as an example of private-public sector cooperation and featured extensively in US government propaganda. After the end of the war there were extended arguments over how the pipelines should be used. In 1947, the Texas East Transmission Corporation purchased the pipelines for $143,127,000, the largest post-war disposal of war-surplus property. The corporation converted them to transport natural gas, transforming the energy market in the north-east. The Little Big Inch was returned to carry oil in 1957. The pipelines are owned by Spectra Energy Partners and Enterprise Products and remain in use. (en)
  • Big Inch y Little Big Inch, mejor conocidos como los Ductos Inch, son oleoductos que se extienden desde Texas a Nueva Jersey. Fueron construidos como medida de emergencia de la guerra entre 1942 y 1944. Hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los productos de petróleo habían sido transportados de los yacimientos petrolíferos de Texas hasta el Noreste de Estados Unidos mediante barcos petroleros. Con la entrada de los Estados Unidos en la guerra, este eslabón vital fue atacado por submarinos alemanes, amenazando tanto los suministros al este de los Estados Unidos como las conexiones con Gran Bretaña. Fueron concebidos como un medio para transportar mayor cantidad de petróleo por una ruta interior y segura, con la ventaja adicional de liberar los barcos para otras tareas. En el momento de su construcción, eran los oleoductos más largos que se habían construido. Aún se encuentran en funcionamiento. (es)
  • Le Big Inch et le Little Big Inch,(en français : le Grand Pouce et le Petit Pouce), est un réseau de deux pipelines de plus de 2 500 km chacun, l'un pour le pétrole brut et l'autre pour les produits raffinés, conçu aux États-Unis à partir de 1942 pour l'effort de guerre au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Трубопроводы Большой Дюйм (англ. Big Inch) и Малый Большой Дюйм (англ. Little Big Inch) — магистральные трубопроводы для перекачки нефти и нефтепродуктов, построенные в США во время Второй мировой войны. На момент завершения строительства являлись самыми протяженными трубопроводами в мире. Впервые в истории при постройке трубопроводов были использованы трубы диаметром 20 и 24 дюйма (508 мм и 610 мм соответственно). Использование труб большого диаметра обусловило названия, присвоенные трубопроводам. (ru)
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  • Big Inch pipeline being laid, 1942 (en)
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  • Big and Little Inch pipelines (en)
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  • Linden Station No. 27, Slop Tank (en)
  • Linden Station No. 27, Terminal Firehouse (en)
  • Linden Station No. 27, Terminal Office, Stiles Road, Linden, Union County, NJ (en)
  • War Emergency Pipeline, Pittman Road, Longview, Gregg County, TX (en)
  • Donaldson Station No. 4, Crude Pump House, Pump Station Road, Donaldson, Hot Spring County, AR (en)
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  • Le Big Inch et le Little Big Inch,(en français : le Grand Pouce et le Petit Pouce), est un réseau de deux pipelines de plus de 2 500 km chacun, l'un pour le pétrole brut et l'autre pour les produits raffinés, conçu aux États-Unis à partir de 1942 pour l'effort de guerre au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Трубопроводы Большой Дюйм (англ. Big Inch) и Малый Большой Дюйм (англ. Little Big Inch) — магистральные трубопроводы для перекачки нефти и нефтепродуктов, построенные в США во время Второй мировой войны. На момент завершения строительства являлись самыми протяженными трубопроводами в мире. Впервые в истории при постройке трубопроводов были использованы трубы диаметром 20 и 24 дюйма (508 мм и 610 мм соответственно). Использование труб большого диаметра обусловило названия, присвоенные трубопроводам. (ru)
  • 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 supplies to the north-east and its onward transshipment to Great Britain. The Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, championed the pipeline project as a way of transporting petroleum by the more-secure, interior route. (en)
  • Big Inch y Little Big Inch, mejor conocidos como los Ductos Inch, son oleoductos que se extienden desde Texas a Nueva Jersey. Fueron construidos como medida de emergencia de la guerra entre 1942 y 1944. Hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los productos de petróleo habían sido transportados de los yacimientos petrolíferos de Texas hasta el Noreste de Estados Unidos mediante barcos petroleros. Con la entrada de los Estados Unidos en la guerra, este eslabón vital fue atacado por submarinos alemanes, amenazando tanto los suministros al este de los Estados Unidos como las conexiones con Gran Bretaña. Fueron concebidos como un medio para transportar mayor cantidad de petróleo por una ruta interior y segura, con la ventaja adicional de liberar los barcos para otras tareas. En el momento de su constr (es)
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  • Big Inch (es)
  • Big Inch (en)
  • Big Inch (fr)
  • Трубопроводы Big Inch и Little Big Inch (ru)
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