Which statement is true about the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines?

Which statement is true about the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines?

• A. They were converted to gas pipelines
• B. They carried oil from Alaska
• C. They were completed in 1952
• D. They were built by Kerr-McGee

Answer: (A)

These pipelines illustrate how wartime energy infrastructure was repurposed after the conflict. The Big Inch and Little Big Inch were built during World War II to move crude oil from Texas to the Northeast, ensuring steady fuel supplies for defense needs. After the war, there was a shift to natural gas, and these lines were gradually converted to carry gas, making them early major natural-gas transmission pipelines in the Northeast. That conversion is what makes the statement true. The pipelines did not originate in Alaska, weren’t completed in 1952 (they were finished in the mid-1940s), and they were not built by Kerr-McGee.

These pipelines illustrate how wartime energy infrastructure was repurposed after the conflict. The Big Inch and Little Big Inch were built during World War II to move crude oil from Texas to the Northeast, ensuring steady fuel supplies for defense needs. After the war, there was a shift to natural gas, and these lines were gradually converted to carry gas, making them early major natural-gas transmission pipelines in the Northeast. That conversion is what makes the statement true. The pipelines did not originate in Alaska, weren’t completed in 1952 (they were finished in the mid-1940s), and they were not built by Kerr-McGee.