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Alaska pipeline

Alaska pipeline, oil pipeline running 789 mi (1,270 km) from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez. Finished in 1977, it was bitterly opposed by environmentalists for adversely affecting the ecology.

See also: Petroleum; Pipeline.

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