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These are a few pictures I took of P.L,U.T.O in Shanklin , Isle of Wight.

I was surprised how narrow this pipe was , I always imagined it much wider.

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These are a few pictures I took of P.L,U.T.O in Shanklin , Isle of Wight.

I was surprised how narrow this pipe was , I always imagined it much wider.

I'm not too surprised by how small it is given that to support the D-Day invasion it would have to be laid very quickly and prepared and fitted without the enemy suspecting or noticing anything.

A smaller diameter pipes is stronger than a wider one and it would have to withstand both external pressure from the sea and internal pressure from fuel being forced through, although the 2 would tend to cancel each other out as one is trying to crush the pipe and the other is trying to burst it open.

I wonder what pressure they needed to force fuel through a pipe of that length and get a reasonable rate of flow?

Quite a remarkable feat of engineering in its own right, but I suppose in wartime it was an urgent need to get it working. However, although PLUTO is a nice acronym I think the word "Ocean" is a bit of an exaggeration.

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