The Alaska Pipeline - Part 1

Trans-Alaska Pipeline Considered by many to be one of the great engineering and construction feats in recent history, the Trans- Alaska Pipeline was a crowning achievement for Baker during the late 1960's and into 1977, when the project became operational. Upon completion, the project was the largest privately funded venture in humankind's history, requiring $7.7 billion to design and build. The 48-inch oil pipeline was designed to bring two million barrels of crude from Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, 789 miles south to the port of Valdez, where it will continue to do so, well into the 21st century. Between 1969 and startup of the project, Baker personnel had put nearly 2.5 million manhours in engineering civil, structural, and transportation related infrastructure for the project, including mile-by-mile pipeline design, north of the Yukon.

[@aknative1953]

Made a living working on this project. Still running today. Paying enough taxes to the state that I still do not pay Alaska State income tax. Retired now and appreciate the money I made on this and many other jobs.

[@donharris6219]

My father was a very big part of Baker's effort there

[@crowleywilliam1]

I worked there in 1975 to 1989 was the youngest worker at 18 on the Trans Alaska Pipeline worked out of Laborers Local 942 Great bunch of guys back then William Crowley originally from Ireland