Trans-Alaska pipeline construction collection [graphic], 1976-1977.

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Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Trans-Alaska pipeline construction collection [graphic], 1976-1977.

Trans-Alaska pipeline construction collection [graphic], 1976-1977.

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The collection contains both slides and photographs of construction of the pipeline. Images of personnel, equipment, the winter environment, wildlife, pumpstations, Valdez and the terminal. The slides generally correspond to typewritten progress reports which begin in March, 1976, when the pipeline was about 45% complete, and ending in April, 1977 at 95% completion. Construction began in April 1974. The 4-foot diameter pipeline spans 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, crossing tundra, three mountain ranges and hundreds of streams, requiring a number of various-sized bridge structures. 132 million manhours went into the effort which included construction of a 360-mile all-weather road from the Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay. The pipeline supplies natural gas from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska, beginning in early May of 1977. [From Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Progress Report, April 1977.].

589 slides : col. + reports.127 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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