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36 photos: Workers bend pipe for Bakken pipeline work near Baxter

A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate Highway 80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate Highway 80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A crew works on the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, on Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016.
A crew works on the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, on Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate Highway 80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate Highway 80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew picks up pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew picks up pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew picks up pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew picks up pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
Rodney White/The Register
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
A bending crew wrangling pipe for the Bakken pipeline near Baxter, Iowa, Tuesday Aug 16, 2016. They have to bend the pipe to match the contour of the land before welding and burying the sections. Workers clear and grade the land, bend pipe and dig trenches in countryside outside Newton just north of Interstate-80.
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