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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IPC Magazines
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London WC2E 5DD, England - Publication Date: 1975-9-11
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 589
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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