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Description: Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to carry oil from Texas fields to eastern refineries, completed in July 1943. Pipe stacked along the railroad tracks. No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
Title: Big Inch pipes on railroad tracks
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001017091/pp/
Author: Vachon, John, 1914-1975,
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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