Tapline
Trans Arabian Pipeline Company

Images to accompany Asher Kaufman's article,

Between Permeable and Sealed Borders:
The Trans-Arabian Pipeline and the Arab-Israeli Conflict


The pipeline service road before it was paved with asphalt.
The pipeline service road before it was paved with asphalt
"The pipeline guard"

"The pipeline guard"

The pipeline before the safety measures were added as a result of the sabotage.

(June 1969) Tapline road before it was paved. Gate valve 520 is at the top of the hill. At the bottom is the Banias river which was contaminated by the oil.
A visit of the CEO of Haifa refineries to the place where the pipeline was blown up. The pipeline today. The only places where it is exposed are where it is linked to the Golan Heights water system. The red pipe is the water pipe addition. The blue pipe is the 1950 original.
The pipeline today (the red pipe is the water pipe addition, the blue is the original from 1950 An old IDF tank next to the pipeline. Picture taken from the pipeline.
Same tank as in previous picture. Behind it is the Tapline road (marked by the fence from where the previous picture was taken.)

Tapline road today: to the right is the asphalt road. The two fence lines are the remains of the safety fences constructed after the sabotage. The pipeline itself is underground in between the fences.

Signs read: 1. private area, no entry. To coordinate passage call Mey Golan. 2. Caution: main water pipe in large diameter.

Signs read: 1. private area, no entry. To coordinate passage call Mey Golan. 2. Caution: main water pipe in large diameter.

Remains of the asphalt road. Left of the road are the remains of the safety fences constructed after the sabotage. In between the fences is the pipeline buried underground.
The Tapline road today
The Tapline road today Gate valve 530 next to Banias
Observers looking at the oil flowing in the Jordan

Observers looking at the oil flowing in the Jordan
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