155K views · 969 reactions | "The Alaska Pipeline -- A Progress Report, Sept. 1975, Episode 1: "The trans-Alaska Pipeline by mid-September 1975 is 29% complete." #TBT | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | Facebook

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7.7K views · 115 reactions | The Alaska Pipeline -- A Progress Report, Sept. 1975, Episode 3: "One of the major deviations from normal pipeline construction practice, is the construction of the right-of-way or work pad as it's called in this pipeline." #TBT | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | Facebook

9.4K views · 228 reactions | "Just north of Keystone was the last and perhaps greatest challenge to the pipeliners." #TBT The Alaska Pipeline -- A Progress Report, Sept. 1975, Episode 16 | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | Facebook

7.2K views · 158 reactions | The Alaska Pipeline -- A Progress Report, Sept. 1975, Episode 2: "I've built pipelines in the Lower 48, South America, Middle East, Canada. For cross-country pipeline this is definitely the most complex one that has ever been built." | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | Facebook

9K views · 210 reactions | "In order to pursue their trade, pipeliners have to be transient. They have to go where the work is and the work is generally someplace other than where they'd like to be." #TBT The Alaska Pipeline -- A Progress Report, Sept. 1975 | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company | Facebook

Forty years ago today, Alaska’s steel artery – the Trans Alaska Pipeline System – pumped its first barrel of oil, and 17 billion more have followed since. It is impossible to overstate the importance of TAPS to Alaska: supporting our schools and public services, building a strong economy, and bringing countless opportunities to Alaskans. Looking forward to many more years of a full and functional pipeline. Happy Birthday, TAPS! | Senator Dan Sullivan