01449cam a2200277 4500 283102806 TxAuBib 20050115120000.0 050115s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97-060785 WaSKC DLC XY4 TxAuBib Cole, Dermot, 1953- Amazing Pipeline Stories : How Building The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life In America's Last Frontier / by Dermot Cole. Fairbanks, [Alaska : Epicenter Press, 1997. 224 p : ill., maps ; softcover ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index. Work force -- Skinny city -- Sudden and unexpected wealth -- Power and vice -- Growing pains -- Aftermath -- Almanac. In the 1970s the world's largest construction companies invaded Alaska in a wild rush to build the 800-mile, $10 billion trans-Alaska pipeline. The resulting rapid economic and social change touched every Alaskan. 20050115. Pipeline Alaska. Alaska Social life and customs. Construction workers Alaska Social life and customs. Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) Economic aspects. Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) Social aspects.