Modern Marvels · SEASON 3

The Alaskan Oil Pipeline

Episode 12 · 1995-11-04

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Episode overview

Being starved by an OPEC embargo, America is desperate for oil, and in 1973 construction begins on a 800 mile pipeline, tapping into Alaskan oil to quench their insatiable oil hunger.

Season 3 episodes

1. Space Shuttle1995-08-20 2. Brooklyn Bridge1995-10-01 3. Tunnels1995-10-08 4. Tennessee Valley Authority1995-10-15 5. Oil1995-10-16 6. Silver Mines1995-10-01 7. The NYC Subway1995-10-19 8. The Railroads That Tamed the West1995-10-20 9. Paving America1995-10-29 12. The Alaskan Oil Pipeline1995-11-04