“Construction of the Tapline began in 1948 on the orders of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia, and today the remains of the pipeline serve as a reminder of the beginning of the Kingdom’s industrial revolution. The Tapline stretched 1,700km from the eastern coastal city of Dammam, connecting the Kingdom’s petroleum infrastructure to the region’s Mediterranean coast and was an integral part of the global trade of petroleum and the oil industry.”
-The Trans-Arabian Pipeline (TAP) is the first officially recognized industrial heritage site in the Kingdom. [Arab News]
