Operation Pluto - Pipe Lines Under The Ocean - was a highly ambitious engineering project to design, develop and construct undersea pipelines and huge pumping stations. These would pump petroleum fuel under the English Channel to support Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of Normandy commencing on 6th June 1944.
The route that PLUTO took across the Isle of Wight started at the Thorness beach terminal and a pumping station at Whippance Farm. Then over 14 miles it stretched across the Island, looping around Parkhurst Forest and Newport to eventually arrive at a huge storage tank hidden in Hungerberry Wood above Shanklin. From there pipes fed two pumping stations, one housed around a derelict hotel in Shanklin, the other in a part demolished Victorian fort and a golf clubhouse at Sandown. From there, 72 miles away in Europe, the Allied forces desperately needed fuel.
Today, 75 years on, the route of the pipeline and the buildings associated with PLUTO have all but disappeared. But if you look closely, there still are tantalising clues spread across the Island. I thoroughly enjoy walking for its own sake, but it is sometimes nice to have a purpose, if not an excuse. So this book offers the reader 25 guided walks and detailed maps to find what still survives of the great pipeline and the pumping stations; and in doing so to plot its course. Wherever PLUTO crossed the path there was usually a unique marker. They are still out there, waiting to be discovered.
The whole PLUTO project was massive undertaking. It was rapid, rushed and at times improvised. It was also at the very cutting edge of what was possible. It was always Top Secret.
In the end, PLUTO was not the success that saved the Allied invasion, and in truth, it was probably a 'pipeline too far'. Immediately after the war a propaganda campaign actively sought to justify the huge expenditure of man hours and resources just before the invasion and D-Day.
But none of this should detract from our admiration for the magnificent operation and the men and women who gave their all to make it happen. It came tantalizingly close to fully supporting the Allies victory, but was ultimately beaten by the vagaries of war.
This then is the real story of PLUTO. A Ramble with a Purpose.
Название: The Uttermost Farthing, by Cecil Griffith ISBN: 1318529700 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781318529704 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Paulson-ellis, Mary Название: Inheritance of solomon farthing signed ISBN: 1472626427 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472626424 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 17940.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Moore Roger a., Howes John L., Rock Jeff R. Название: Contemporary Counterfeit Halfpenny & Farthing Families: 2nd Printing ISBN: 1642558575 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642558579 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 109130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book is the start of an effort to organize and bring some structure to this area of numismatics - i.e. to break down the vast numbers of different varieties (dies and die combinations) into related groups that we call Families. A Family of non-regal varieties is basically a number of coins that have been grouped together, as most likely having come out of the same minting operation at about the same time. A Family group is held together due to sharing of dies between members of the group, sharing of die making punches among the varieties, and similarities in the style of how the coins in the group look. This concept is explored further within the monograph. This is the first volume of a series of monographs that will try to categorize and put order to the large number of varieties of King George II and King George III non-regal coppers.
Автор: Walton Jo Название: Farthing ISBN: 0765323133 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780765323132 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 14710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
First published in 2006, Jo Walton's Farthing was hailed as a masterpiece, a darkly romantic thriller set in an alternate postwar England sliding into fascism.
Eight years after they overthrew Churchill and led Britain into a separate peace with Hitler, the upper-crust families of the "Farthing set" are gathered for a weekend retreat. Among them is estranged Farthing scion Lucy Kahn, who can't understand why her and her husband David's presence was so forcefully requested. Then the country-house idyll is interrupted when the eminent Sir James Thirkie is found murdered--with a yellow Star of David pinned to his chest.
Lucy begins to realize that her Jewish husband is about to be framed for the crime--an outcome that would be convenient for altogether too many of the various political machinations underway in Parliament in the coming week. But whoever's behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn't reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts and underdogs--and prone to look beyond the obvious as a result.
As the trap slowly shuts on Lucy and David, they begin to see a way out--a way fraught with peril in a darkening world.
Автор: Farthing Stephen Название: 1001 Art Masterpieces You Must See Before You Die ISBN: 0785836845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785836841 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With more than 300,000 copies sold worldwide in 15 languages, this newly revised and updated edition of 1001 Art Masterpieces You Must See Before You Die brings you right up to date with an incisive look at the world's best paintings.
From Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to contemporary Western canvases, this book is truly comprehensive in scope and beautiful to leaf through. Within its pages, you will see displayed 1001 of the most memorable, haunting, powerful, important, controversial, and visually arresting paintings that have ever been created. Remarkably, more than 400 twentieth- and twenty-first-century paintings are reproduced in these pages, including newly discovered works from contemporary galleries. Some of the artworks you will find include artwork by unknown artists from the pre-1400s era, like Pan and Hermaphrodite or Mayan Procession Scene, famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa and TheLast Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, Chinese Lions by Kan Eitoku, Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu, The King of the Heart by Jean Dubuffet, and much more.
Entertaining and informative text written by an international team of artists, curators, art critics, and art collectors illuminates both the paintings and the people who painted them. An insightful review accompanies a beautiful reproduction of every painting--an enviable art collection to dip into whenever you please. Organized chronologically by era, you will discover fascinating and surprising juxtapositions as well as pleasing similarities as you turn the pages. The painting are listed by artist and by title, making it easy to find a specific painting or trace the development of one painter's work.
With 1001 Art Masterpieces You Must See Before You Die, you hold in your hand the essential visual reference to sensational paintings from around the world. Accompany Professor Stephen Farthing on his personal guided tour of the paintings everyone should strive to see in a lifetime. Many are easily accessible--either in well-known galleries, such as the Louvre, in Paris, or MoMA, in New York, or in smaller, more intimate collections across the far reaches of the globe. Every one of them is worth planning to see.
Автор: Roberts, Wendy Bradley, Amy Название: Penny farthing goes to school ISBN: 145200112X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781452001128 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kastan David, Farthing Stephen Название: On Color ISBN: 0300248466 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300248463 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 18690.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant and bold look at the role of color in our lives
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