Construction of Little Big Inch, photos; 1943-1965

The Inch Lines sub-subseries focuses on the early history of the Big Inch and the Little Big Inch, the two pipelines created during WWII and the backbone for Texas Eastern gas-delivery system. This sub-subseries covers the years from the 1943 to 1994.

The first segment of documents contained in the Inch Lines sub-subseries comes from the papers of J. Ross Gamble, a Washington attorney in the firm of Leighton and Gamble. He played a key role in the acquisition of the Inch Lines by the individuals who would later form Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation. His papers were maintained as a distinct group within the Texas Eastern records. The Gamble papers cover the early years of Texas Eastern including the acquisition of the Inch lines and the formative years of TETCO from 1945 to 1949.

The Inch Lines sub-subseries also contains papers associated with the Cultural Resource Group of Louis & Associates, Inc. with offices in East Orange, New Jersey. The Berger group conducted research on the War Emergeny Pipeline (WEP) and completed the project about 2001. The Berger papers contains reports, news articles, journal excerpts, histories, and copies of photographs about the WEP. Most of the materials in the Berger sub-subseries are facsimile copies of originals.

The final section of the Inch Lines sub-subseries consists of correspondence, memos, reports, and photos dealing with federal agencies, such as the WEP, the War Assets Administration and the Federal Power Commission. This group also includes information about the Inch Lines, including major Inch Line events, such as the dedication in the 1940s, Texas Eastern's purchase of the lines, and the reconversion of the Inch Lines.