The Two RV Gypsies:
Full-Time RVers |
The Tanana River |
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Delta Junction offers the first view of the Trans-Alaska pipeline for visitors coming up the Alaska Highway from Canada. About 9 miles north of town, 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. | |
Karen Duquette stood
under the Alaska Pipeline - June 20, 2009 & July 6, 2016 |
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Below: Part of the Trans
Alaska Pipeline "Pig" displayed at the Visitor Center |
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Several days later on July 10, 2016, the two RV Gypsies took some of their family members to see the the Alaska pipeline at a different area near Fairbanks. |
Alaska state map showing route of the Alaska Pipeline |
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It took two men and four hands to support the Pipeline, but only one woman and one hand. Way to go, Karen. |
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Karen's sister Ilse on the hill above the pipeline - and a view of the pipeline from the hill |
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View from the short bridge by the parking lot. |
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This is not a linear site so visitors always have choices of how to navigate this website. There are three choices below, plus the main navigational buttons. |
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Continue the Alaska journey in the order of occurrence - Fairbanks, AlaskaORReturn to the Alaska 2016 menu to continue the Alaska adventures in the order of your choice.ORIF you have seen all of the Alaska pages, please continue on to the return trip through Canada and then into the USA.
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