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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
1977
Valdez, Alaska
Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Eight hundred miles from the Arctic to an ice-free port, half of it raised on stilts with heat pipes so the hot oil would not thaw the permafrost, and built to slide sideways in an earthquake. It could not be built until Native land claims were settled first.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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