Construction of the Alaska Pipeline
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Alaska
- Date: January 23, 1974-June 20, 1977
Article abstract: A major engineering feat allows exploitation of a vast energy resource yet stirs controversy among competing economic and environmental interests.
Summary of Event
In July, 1957, oil was discovered on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska by the Richfield Company. The news initiated a rush on leases for land in the area in a fashion to which the Alaskan frontier is accustomed. Eleven years later, Thomas E. Kelly, Natural Resources Commissioner of Alaska, reclassified more than two million acres of North Slope land for competitive oil and gas...
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