Big Inch
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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 Uni
Big Inch pipeline being laid, 1942
24" Big Inch pipes delivered by rail in February 1943
First carload of 24-inch (610 mm) seamless pipe for the Big Inch
Workers on the Big Inch pipeline eating lunch, 1942
East Texas Oil Field
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The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil fi
Big Inch
…comprised two systems, the Big Inch pipeline and the Little Big Inch pipeline. The Big Inch was a 24-inch (610 mm) pipeline for crude oil; it ran from the East Texas Oil Field at Longview, Texas, to Norris City, Illinois, and on to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, from where it branched into 20-inch-diameter (510 mm) segments. One…
Oil Field Scene, East Texas c. 1930
A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas