Mogador pig trap site
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Mogador pig trap site
Image: © Hugh Craddock Taken: 19 Oct 2009
It seems that a 'pig trap site' is one used to introduce pipeline pigs into, or remove them from, a pipeline (here, a gas pipeline). Pigs are used to clean or inspect the pipeline (and are apparently so called because of the grunting noise made as they are forced through the line). Located in Mogador Road, just next to the turning to Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.263575
Longitude
-0.223852