Trans-Alaska pipeline construction collection, 1976-1977.
Title:
Trans-Alaska pipeline construction collection, 1976-1977.
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Physical Description:
589 slides : color + reports
127 photographs : black and white ; 8 x 10 in.
General Note:
Other Trans-Alaska pipeline collections include PCA 17.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
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.].
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Ownership:
Created and collected by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was named after the Aleut word for mainland. Formed in 1970, it designed, constructed and operates the pipeline which delivers crude oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska.
Organization & Arrangement:
Organized into six series corresponding to slide shows documenting the pipeline construction progress: March and May 1976 (140 slides); July, 1976 (129 slides); Sept. 1976 (80 slides); Nov. 1976 (80 slides); Jan. 1977 (80 slides); Apr. 1977 (80 slides) + additional 8x10 photographs (127)
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Contents:
Sikorsky skycrane -- Haul Road -- Yukon River Bridge -- Tazlina River Bridge -- Gulkana River Bridge -- Port Valdez -- archaeologists (UAF).