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| Picture No | 10220021 |
| Date | 1945 |
| Description | Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis |
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Series of illustrations showing the workings of the 'Pluto' ('Pipe Line Under The Ocean') pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during 1944 and 1945. This piece of British engineering was vital to the progress of the Allied invasion of occupied Europe from July 1944 onwards.
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| Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 2 June 1945, pp576-7 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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