Recovery of PLUTO: men winding up the pipeline.

Recovery of PLUTO: men winding up the pipeline. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H4875

Description: The pipes forming PLUTO - the Pipeline Under The Ocean - were recovered after the war to retrieve the valuable lead they contained. This picture of men winding up the pipes gives a sense of the scale of the PLUTO operation.

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1946

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London