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Folder PCA0002-6

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Contains 71 Results:

2. Sideboom tractors carry the 80-foot section of pipe along the Lowe River on the south of Keystone Canyon, about 15 miles north of Valdez., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-31
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

3. The section of pipe is then lowered into the ditch, where it will be welded to the section of pipe already installed. Pipe is bent to conform to the contour of the ditch bottom., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-32
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

Clutching a “stabilizing” line, a worker climbs the steep slopes at Thompson Pass. Slopes at angles of 45 degrees make unassisted climbing difficult., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-33
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

Elevated cable systems were used to lift pipe for the trans Alaska pipeline to the precipitous slopes of Thompson Pass. In the Chugach Mountains, about 20 miles northeast of Valdez. Here, completed pipeline is visible in the lower portion of the photograph, and an 80-foot joint of pipe is being lifted on one fo the cable systems to be joined to the line as the completed pipeline is extended upward. Drainage control dikes are visible in the lower pipeline ditch. At lower left, a bulldozer pushes earth into the ditch to bury the completed portion of the line., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-34
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

A section of 48-inch diameter pipe rests atop the first “bench” at Thompson Pass. Because of the steep incline, the 80-foot joints of pipe weighing between 20,000 and 38,000 pounds had to be winched up the mountain on elevated cable systems., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-35
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

At Thompson Pass, installation of 48-inch diameter pipe for the trans Alaska pipeline is down the hard way – but the only way. At the bottom of the severe slope is the Richardson Highway, center, left. From the road, the slope rises vertically about 1800 feet., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-36
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

Extreme grades at Thompson Pass necessitated the erection of two cable ways to move pipe and equipment to locations where they were needed. Here a worker motions instructions to the cable operator as an 80-foot length of pipe takes an aerial ride down the face of the slope., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-37
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

Severe grades and limited access necessitated the erection of a cable system to move pipe and equipment up and down the section of the trans Alaska pipeline over Thompson Pass. From the Richardson Highway below to the tower at the top is an 1800-foot rise in elevation., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-38
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

Construction of the Thompson Pass section of the trans Alaska pipeline system nears completion. By mid-October, all ditch excavation and welding were completed. Testing is expected to be finished by the beginning of November., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-39
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.

The cableways of Thompson Pass on the trans Alaska pipeline have working capacities of 12 tons. Here an 80-foot section of pipe, weighing about 250 pounds per linear foot, is slowly inserted into position., 1974 - 1977

 Item — Folder: PCA0002-6
Identifier: PCA0002-6-40
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
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 2, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company : Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction Collection, 1976-1977 / PCA 2 Folder 6: [photographs] 6-1 to 6-71.