SOVIETS BLOW GRAVEL - AND PEOPLE - THROUGH PIPELINES

A compressed air pipeline is being tested near Moscow as part of the trials for a pneumatic goods line which will carry gravel from a quarry to the site of ore-dressing works near Klin, 80 km from Moscow. The 7km long pipeline will use a "train" with six containers and will be able to carry 20 million tons of gravel a year. A smaller pipeline, 2.2km long and 1M in diameter, has been operating successfully, in Georgia, for some years carrying sand and aggregate to building sites. Brief mention is made of a number of other projects, among them the transport of refuse and household wastes and that of people. /TRRL/

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• Publication Date: 1975-9-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 589
• Serial:
  • NEW SCIENTIST
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 966
  • Publisher: REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD
  • ISSN: 0262-4079

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Compressed air; Containers; Freight transportation; Gravel; Pipe; Pipelines; Sand; Waste products
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 3814: Compressed air; 4575: Gravel; 3361: Pipe; 4105: Sand; 8123: Ussr
• Subject Areas: Construction; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pipelines; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132306
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM