Whatcom Falls Park

Whatcom Falls Park, June 1999, after the fire in the river creek. 

The section of pipeline in Whatcom Falls Park where the accident occurred was first installed in 1964, but was re-routed in 1966 because of the construction of a water treatment plant (owned by Bellingham city council) that is situated in the middle... 

Meanwhile, several miles away at Bayview, in December 1998, Olympic completed construction of a new terminal with a storage capacity of 500,000 barrels (82 million liters). The contractor was Jacobs Engineering Inc. The gasoline flowed southwards along the pipeline, through Whatcom Falls Park, to the new terminal. 

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