The TransAlaskan Oil Pipeline

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The Trans-Alaskan Oil Pipeline

• Developing the Tundra

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The Route of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline
1300 km
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Route of pipeline under construction
Gravel bed being laid
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Pipeline construction
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Pipeline is buried on a layer of well drained
sandy gravel,covered with gravel padding filled
with soil
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Aerial view of the pipeline
pipeline
Highway
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Zig zag pattern to allow for expansion
contraction
Gravel beds to prevent subsidence during summer
thawing of thin top layer
underpass
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Change from pipeline on stilts to being buried
underground
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The pipeline in winter
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The Dalton Highway
Rocky Mountains
pipeline
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Pipeline bridges 600 streams rivers to cross!!
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Yukon River bridge
Pipeline vehicles
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DENALI FAULT CROSSING
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VALDEZ rebuilt on solid rock for earthquake
protection
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Oil tanker leaving Valdez in Southern Alaska
Ice free all year
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Escort ship
Tanker