Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977
Content Description
The collection contains both slides and photographs taken during the pipeline construction. Subjects include personnel, equipment, bridge construction, the winter environment, wildlife, pump stations, Port Valdez, the Haul Road and the terminal. There are several views of archaeologists from UAF working at the site. The 589 slides generally correspond to six typewritten progress reports, which begin in March 1976, when the pipeline was about 45% complete, and end in April 1977 at 95% completion. The remainder of the collection consists of 127, 8x10 in. black and white photographs.
Dates
- 1976-1977
EAD
PCA0002Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing; however the images may not be photocopied.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Historical Note
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was named after the Aleut word for mainland. Formed in 1970, it designed, constructed and operates the pipeline that delivers crude oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska.
Construction began in April 1974. The 4-foot diameter pipeline spans 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, crossing three mountain ranges and hundreds of streams, requiring a number of various-sized bridge structures. More than 78,000 vertical supports were installed for the above-ground section of the pipeline and more than 120,000 heat pipes were installed. 132 million man-hours went into the effort, which included construction of a 360-mile all-weather road from the Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay. The pipeline was built to supply natural gas from Prudhoe Bay to power turbine generators at pump stations and a tanker terminal in Valdez, beginning in early May of 1977. [From Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Progress Report, April 1977.]
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box) : 589 slides, 127 photographs
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company donated the slides and photographs to the Historical Library during 1976 and 1977. Accession numbers: 1976-2, 1976-9, 1976-30, 1976-40, 1976-43, 1976-44, 1976-49, 1977-3, 1977-13, 1977-19, 1977-20, 1977-36, 1977-42.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
The slide numbers were retained as they came from the company, which generally correspond to the progress reports. The photographs are numbered. All were sleeved in mylar.
Index
Folder 1 1a. Progress Report, March 1976 (60 slides) 1b. Progress Report, May 1976 (80 slides)
Folder 2 2a. Progress Report, July 1976 (79 slides) 2b. ONE WELD On the trans Alaska pipeline (49 slides)
Folder 3 3a. Progress Report, September 1976 (80 slides) 3b. Progress Report, November 1976 (80 slides)
Folder 4 4a. Progress Report, January 1977 (80 slides) 4b. Progress Report, April 1977 (80 slides)
Folder 5 [photographs] P1-P56.
Folder 6 [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed By: Staff ; Revised by: Ken Nail, Jr. and Sean M Lanksbury, October 2007 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, April 2020 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann
- Date
- 2020 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov