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Folder PCA0002-5

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Contains 56 Results:

Layers of polystyrene insulation are placed atop the frozen tundra and then covered with gravel for the work pad for the trans Alaska pipeline. The insulation reduced the amount of gravel needed for the workpad., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-51
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977

The work pad for the trans Alaska pipeline is constructed across the frozen tundra of the North Slope. Polystyrene insulation placed beneath the pad reduced the amount of gravel required. The workpad was later used to support the equipment installing the pipeline., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-52
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977

Archaeologists from the University of Alaska hunt for artifacts near the trans Alaska pipeline construction workpad north of the Yukon River. Most of the artifacts recovered consisted of stone tools and projectile points., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-53
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977

A Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter ferries part of a bulldozer into the Keystone Canyon area where the trans Alaska pipeline crosses atop the ridges and avoids the scenic canyon area. The airlift placed equipment on the ridges to build a pioneer trail for pipeline construction crews., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-54
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977

Completed section of trans Alaska pipeline crosses a spruce forest near Glennallen, Alaska. Radial fins atop vertical members of pipe supports are part of heat pipes which maintain permafrost in a frozen condition., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-55
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977

Strings of pipe for the trans Alaska pipeline are welded and readied for taping and burial north of the Yukon River. Sections of pipe were bent to conform to the contours of the pipe ditches., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-5
Identifier: PCA0002-5-56
Content Description From the Collection: 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%...
Dates: 1974 - 1977