The recovery of PLUTO: men standing on a huge cone of pipes.

The recovery of PLUTO: men standing on a huge cone of pipes. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H4876

Description: The pipes forming PLUTO - the Pipeline Under The Ocean - were recovered after the Second World War to retrieve the valuable lead they contained. This picture of men standing on an enormous cone of pipes gives a sense of the scale of the PLUTO operation.

Creator: Unknown

Date: 1946

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London