Reveal your secrets! (Picture: Tom Scott/Youtube)
It might not look like much, but this pipe is one of the most important things in the UK.
The pipe was constructed in WWII to transport aviation fuel safely across the country underground – protecting it from German bombers.
Since the war it has been expanded, and now fuels almost every major airport in the country…
…including military runways.
That is why this massive pipe network is also a secret – no one outside of the government knows the exact location of all the pipes.
It might not look like much, but this pipe is one of the most important things in the UK.
The pipe was constructed in WWII to transport aviation fuel safely across the country underground – protecting it from German bombers.
Since the war it has been expanded, and now fuels almost every major airport in the country…
…including military runways.
That is why this massive pipe network is also a secret – no one outside of the government knows the exact location of all the pipes.
You can hear about Tom Scott’s efforts to learn about his efforts to learn the location of the underground pipe via a Freedom Of Information request in the video below (but unfortunately he was unsuccessful).
So next time you are about to sink a pick-axe into the ground, remember that there might be a pipeline full of jet fuel behind your feet.
Watch Video here:
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