Title taken from verso. View of automatic welding machine attached to pipeline during construction of Trans-Alaska Pipeline at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. June 23, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title taken from verso. View of worker welding fuel storage tank near Trans-Alaska Pipeline Pump Station Number 5 near building site for Prospect Creek Camp during pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. June 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon....
Title taken from verso. View of men welding flotation section on ACV (air cushion vehicle) at Yukon River bridge construction site during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Oct. 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original...
Title taken from verso. View of construction workers welding pipe during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Little Tonsina River in Southcentral Alaska. March 8, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from verso. View of workers welding brackets to VSM (vertical support member) during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on Richardson Highway in Southcentral Alaska. Also from verso: "June 75. Richardson Highway." June 1975....
Title taken from verso. View of workers welding during construction of ACV (air cushion vehicle) "Yukon Princess" for use on Yukon River during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. April 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon....
(5:38 min.) (04 of 27) Early work history
Left Cordova to go to school at Alaska School of Mines and Agriculture (UAF). Took civil engineering courses. By the time he had graduated, the railroads had shut down and there were only jobs in...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
Title taken from verso. View of worker cleaning pipe before welding during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Tonsina Roadhouse in Southcentral Alaska. April 4, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8".
(5:05 min) (04 of 19) Education in Chicago Got a request from the Chicago & Altman Railroad to try-out for a fireman job. He was engaged to be married and decided not to work on the railroad. Went to Chicago to take the Ray Automobile...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of unusable pipe lengths at pipe yard during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Also from verso: "Pipe had been immersed in salt water and was declared unfit to carry oil." July 1, 1974....