Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an oil pipeline spanning the length of Alaska, began.

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port. Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands…

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

Alaskan oil pipeline system

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an oil transportation system spanning Alaska, including the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one of the world's largest pipeline…

Pipeline

Pumping fluids or gas through pipes

A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. Data from 2014 give a total of slightly less than 2.175 million miles of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. The United States had 65%, Russia…

Alaska

U.S. state

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state in the…