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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
The Pipeline carries oil 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean to the pipeline terminus at Port Valdez.
Delta Junction offers the first view of the trans-Alaska pipeline for visitors coming up the Alaska Highway from Canada. The best view is about 9 miles north of town, where the pipeline crosses the Tanana River. Pump Station No. 9 is located about 8 miles south of town on the Richardson Highway. Tours are no longer offered since the 9/11 attack on the U.S.
Pipleine and signs Pipleine and signs
sign about the pipeline history
sign about the pipeline facts
pipeline and Tanana River Bridge pipeline and Tanana River
pipeline pipeline and Tanana River
pipeline and Tanana River pipeline and Tanana River
Karen Duquette standing under the Alaska Pipeline - June 20, 2009
Karen Duquette standing under the Alaska Pipeline
Karen Duquette standing under the Alaska Pipeline
pipeline
pipeline
pipeline and Tanana River
pipeline and Tanana River
pipeline and Tanana River
sign about plate girder bridges
Part of the Trans Alaska Pipeline "Pig"
displayed at the Visitor Center in Delta Junction
part of the Trans Alaska Pipeline "Pig"
sign about the Trans Alaska Pipeline "Pig"
sign - delta Junction pipeline Passageway
As the two RV Gypsies leave Delta Junction, and continue their Alaska journey down the Richardson Highway, they are fortunate enough to have many more sightings of the pipeline.
pipeline view point sign
 where the pipeline goes underground under the road
Alaska pipeline
 Lee Duquette and the Alaska pipeline
see the zig-zag of the Alaska pipeline for many miles
Lee Duquette and the Alaska pipeline
 sign about the zig-zag of the pipeline
Lee Duquette and the Alaska pipeline
 Lee Duquette and the Alaska pipeline
Because of the varying soil conditions along its route, the pipeline is both above and below the ground. Where the warm oil would cause icy soil to thaw and erode, the pipeline goes above ground, Where the frozen ground is mostly well-drained gravel or rocks and thawing is not a problem the pipeline is underground.
sign about the elevated pipeline
Lee Duquette and the Alaska pipeline
The pipeline goes into the ground
the pipeline goes into the ground
sign about transitions of the pipeline
Alaska pipeline sign about the buried road crossing
sign about the heat pipes
 
As the two RV Gypsies roll along the highway in their RV, more glimpses of the Alaska Pipeline come into view. It occasionally went underground, but soon would re-surface again.
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Another day, another drive, this time near Fox, Alaska
The white line shows where the pipeline runs throughout the state of Alaska
map of alaska and pipeline
sign about pigs in the pipeline
 retired pig of the Alaska pipeline
sign about a retired pig of the Alaska pipeline
retired pig of the Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
Alaska pipeline
A view of the pipeline from the upper trail
Lee and a view of the pipeline from the upper trail
a view of the pipeline from the upper trail
woods/dirt mound on the upper trail by the pipeline
dirt mound on the upper trail by the pipeline
the grandchildren of the two RV Gypsies at the pipeline
sign - visitor center mileage post
sign - visitor center mileage post
Renee, Alex, Kristen, Lee
next page a day trip, just driving around
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