During summer construction season, pipeline activity concentrated in the critical mountain passes, as the pipeline portion of the project neared completion
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Caption continues: At up-hill sections along the pipeline, 80 check valves are installed to limit any potential spill. These mechanical valves close automatically in the event of a pressure loss in the line upstream of the...
Title taken from verso. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company superintendent F.W. Jones (right) with another man at Trans-Alaska Pipeline Pump Station 6 on Yukon River during pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. April 1975. Photographer: Steve...
Hiring call in old laborers' hall in basement of King's Kup restaurant, Noble Street, Fairbanks. The young woman in the photo is Debbie Reed: "My first job on the pipeline was Jan 10th, 1975 at Franklin Bluffs on the night crew laying down the...
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Caption continues: A small building, shown here at the rear, is co-located with each of the 62 remote gate valves on the 800-mile pipeline. It houses the power system and electronic communications equipment for the valve's...