Westcoast Pipeline

Westcoast Pipeline

Westcoast Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia that brings natural gas to the United States and to TransCanada pipeline. Built in 1957 by Frank McMahon's Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., the 650-mile gas pipeline from Taylor in north-eastern British Columbia to the United States was Canada's first "big-inch" pipeline.

Since 2002, it has been owned by Duke Energy of Charlotte, North Carolina.

* List of North American natural gas pipelines

References

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,857932-1,00.html December 27, 1954 TIME magazine article titled "The Big Poker Game" on Frank McMahon's plans for the Westcoast Transmission pipeline]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937946,00.html October 21, 1957 TIME magazine article titled "Tycoon's Wing-Ding", a detailed account on Frank McMahon and the completion of the Westcoast Transmission pipeline]


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