Media item

Rotterdam-Rhine pipeline completed

Week number 60-27

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:17
Publication date:
27 June 1960
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER602-HRE00029A1A

The oil pipe running from Rotterdam to Germany, the so-called Rotterdam-Rhine pipeline, is completed. The pipeline runs from a refinery near Rotterdam undreground to Venlo, where the pipeline branches off towards Germany. Mayor De Gouw of Venlo activites the pumping-station by pressing a button, after which mr. Slingenberg, director of the pipeline, gives an explanation to the invitees.