PARALLEL PIPELINE - Engineers built fuel pipelines that paralleled the road

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Up to six 4" and 6" pipelines followed the supply line from Calcutta to Kunming













Pipe sections being welded













Pipeline suspended over a river













A landing craft and barges pull pipeline across river













The pipeline disappears as it crosses distant river













Pipelines take a shortcut over a hill













Pumping Station in Burma













Engineers maintain diesel pumping station













Installing support beams for the roof of a fuel storage tank near Myitkyina













Storage tanks













Pipelines carried fuel for planes and trucks. Here convoy trucks refuel at a depot.













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Pipeline system from Assam to Kunming - View Full Screen Map

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