A 70-Year-Old Pipeline

Añadido: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]At the bottom of the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, there is a pipeline. Laid in 1953, designed to last 50 years, and now over 70 years old.

[00:00:12]Every day it carries fuel beneath two of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth.

[00:00:17]Unremarked upon, largely invisible, quietly doing something extraordinary.

[00:00:22]Most of the infrastructure civilization runs on is like this. Old, unnoticed, and working against the odds. We have built things that outlasted what we imagined. That is both a risk and a marvel.