i bet the Russians thought it was missiles on the barges

Was an awesome trip!

Very cool, still one of the greatest projects in America.

I just participated in this 3 day class in SEWARD AK. I learned so much and appreciate all those folks (some never been to Seward before) for having the classes, a few were out side in the AM and it was Seward weather, we only had to be out there for the class but, they taught ALL FOUR out there. Thank you Alyeska, for putting this on and educating us, hands on the third day, captains getting to know each other in our small town, it was good all around. -Fisherman FV Claire Oceana

I insulated the pipeline and did the Tanana River crossing

I like that internal pneumatic clamp,I know what an egg is ,I weld but not a pipeliner. Very cool hearing this!

Amazing

My father was a big shot outta Delta camp Flying around in helicopters with him as a kid His name is Jack Brady Aka Yukon Jack He died of liver cancer about 11 years ago 😊

Idiots

Trillions and trillions of dollars business in the world of pipeline

Trillions and trillions of dollars business in the world of pipeline

Trillions and trillions of dollars business in the world of gas pipeline business waiting lists loans passed quintillion dollars business

Mel Blanc as narrator

The prosperity arteries of American success, and still no good documentary construction video of the historic Alaskan pipeline, what a shame. What there is is a bunch of fuzzy staticky video and sound or a bunch of environmental BS.........

Sounds like Leonard Nimoy narrating it.

Here I am as an inspector in 2023. The methods haven’t changed much.

Thanks for posting this piece of history. My 2-seconds of fame at 20:45 gawking at a joint of pipe coming up on Thompson Pass. Once it was dropped in the ditch we scrambled down and lined it up for the welders to go to work (beads and hot pass by the same guy as I recall, then move in the next joint and do it again). Once we got near the top it would snow daily and there would be a constant stream of melting snow running down the ditch; feet and hands got cold. Worked the line from Sour Dough to Valdez in "Uncle Bert's Pipe Gang" March-Nov. '76; was 19-yrs old when I got up there; 40 when I left :) The stories we all could tell about that job...

I think I saw this video in high school, watching on a film projector.

could anyone tell me what the machine inside the pipe that they are pulling out at 6:09 is?

so odd seeing white people doing manual labor

Congratulations, Patty! Well deserved! I remember making Christmas cookies and peanut butter pie with you. ❤️❤️❤️

I'm from Winchester Kentucky, it was pretty cool seeing that Codell truck.

smooth pig loading process.

I painted the Yukon Princess sign!!

I worked this project. Both road constructions and putting in the pipe.. 5 mile camp up to Dietrich.. incredible engineering

I was running Dozer, Scraper, and Blade at that time, down on the Kenai Peninsula, and glad I was there and not up north!!

My first job as an apprentice operator (#3) was in Valdez and I was sent to bunk in the northernmost baracks moved in from a Canadian logging camp, and it showed...and it snowed...as it blowed. When the wind-up alarm clock rang in the morning the "12" was the only thing I could see of the clock, the rest having been covered in snow by drifting into the room. Power was out and heat was, of course off. It was said that "White Hats up north got the heating fuel without water and we got the fuel with the water. First R &R out bought me an Eddie Bauer goose down sleeping bag good for Zero degrees which travelled everywhere with me. This 4 year stretch was one of the best learning and earning opportunities I've ever had and with it came some great memories. Land got too expensive for the pieces like I desired, my homesteading dream vanished with the pipeline bill's passing so I bought me 40 acres on an Idaho Panhandle mountain and this is still home.

Great Video! Thanks for shharing Betsy!

My Dad was a welder out of 798 on this pipeline. I didn't ask him enough questions. I'm going to go see this marvel!

Old homelite chainsaws

The pipeline never pumped any oil to Valdez ships bought pusian gulf oil to Valdez as they pumped sea chest water over board the oil was pumped to holding tanks of Valdez . Then pumped back to ship and sent to cherry p.t wash. Alpine oil was shipped to Japan .I'm the cheif gray wolf of the territory of Anwar Ak. I'm Michael Alaska Anwar shovhoshitnaya.

I totally remember this happening and I was only 6 years old. I can remember the adult men talking about it all the time when my Pepaw would visit Shorty’s Garage in Cadiz Kentucky. It must’ve been a huge deal for a 6 year old to remember it.

See two people or things run across the river ? Bigfoot ?

MEN!

I started in the oil industry in 74. I wanted to go to Alaska but was too young and yet to gain enough experience. I struck lucky though in 80 when I went to what was considered then to be the oil industry's Middle East holiday camp, Das Island. Retired out of the industry in 2016, had a great time through out.

I started working on the pipeline in September of 75 in Glennallen camp with the culinary union so I worked in the cafeteria. My new wife got a job at Valdez terminal camp also in the cafeteria. My wife was 19 and I was 20. After Christmas break my wife got to Glennallen with me and we stayed for 2 years. We had to work 9 weeks to get 1 week off, mostly we worked 18 weeks so we could get 2 weeks off. I made $14.00 an hour, almost twice than what I was making in Anchorage. It was great money for us with the overtime working 7 10's plus overtime. We are still together after 47 1/2 years and we just retired 2 years ago. We left Alaska and moved to Oregon but we go back in the summer to visit kids and grandkids. It was a great 2 years and enabled us to buy our first house.

That cutie @ 14:23 must of had to fight the suitors off with a stick day after day !

Not to shabby.

Pud row bay.

I know nothing of this job site, but my uncle was a welder on the job.

Joe Biden's 1st vote ever when elected to Congress was a vote against the Alaska pipeline.

30 miles south of Boston - In high school one of my buddies brothers worked the pipeline as an electrician. He came home & invested all the $$$ he made into real estate and became a multi millionaire. I was angered when Joe Biden shut down the Keystone pipeline because he hurt many Americans as he took away a great opportunity for them.

Truly a marvel of engineering in some of the most unforgiving wilderness on Earth.

This was back when America was still able to do great things.

Crazy cause nowadays itd take 20yrs for permits and would prolly never happen just like fixing rds lol

How does that work when several welders all welding at the same time. Everybody uses the same ground cable and it don't backfeed to another welder?

Spreding coal dust to melt snow into the soil to get to the bank faster is a Brilliant idea 👍

Imagine the mountains of rock they dug out from underground to make pipe to transfer the oil they pumped out from underground.

Thank u to all for ur hard labor and working safe. U did the unbelievable. God bless u

Look at the kind of people who didn't mind working hard