Road Journey of 110-ft. Pipe A STAFF photographer of "The
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Pl. Commercial Motor," motoring on the Barnet by-pass road some days ago, had his interest aroused by the unusual load illustrated below, and seized his opportunity of "shooting" it when negotiating one of the roundabouts.
I he Wellsian looking piece of engineering on the cleverly manceuv red tractor-trailer outfit is a pipe for a petrol refinery of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., in Abadan, Persia.
The pipe, which is 110 ft. long and 6 ft. in diameter, was made by Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., boiler makers, for E. B. Badger and Sons (G.B.), Ltd., the concern which is carrying out the contract. Made in Oldbury, Staffordshire, the pipe was transported by road to the London docks. The weight of the load was 34 tons, and the vehicle a Scammell, operated by Edward Box and Co., Ltd., the well-known Liverpool carrier of super-heavy loads.