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Good News in History, May 31
47 years ago today, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) one of the nation's largest, was completed. The 800-mile (1,287 km) long pipeline conveys oil from...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, May 31
47 years ago today, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) one of the nation's largest, was completed. The 800-mile (1,287 km) long pipeline conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, south to Valdez on the shores of Prince William Sound in southcentral Alaska. It needed 4 years to build, and generated so much money for the state of Alaska that it went from being the most heavily taxed state to the least taxed state over the subsequent 30 years of the pipeline's operation. One historian said this single pipeline was worth more than "everything that has been dug out, cut down, caught or killed in Alaska since the beginning of time." READ the full quote, and how some of the environmental issues were resolved... (1977)