keywords: wwii, world war ii, texas oil fields, big inch oil pipeline project, little big inch oil pipeline project, oil production
Synopsis: Detailing the construction of the world's largest pipeline from the oil fields of Texas to New Jersey during WWII. The Big Inch, and its companion project the Little Big Inch, were petroleum pipelines constructed during 1942 and 1943. The two pipelines were built by the quasi-public War Emergency Pipelines Inc (WEP).
Scenes include Texas oil field in the 1940's showing oil derricks and pumps, pipeline construction equipment , construction methods, and construction workers in 1942.
