Line 3 Oil Spill: How 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled near Grand Rapids
On March 3, 1991, Lakehead Pipeline Company’s Line 3 ruptured near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. An estimated 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the nearby Prairie River and surrounding wetlands, making it the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Line 3 was built in the 1960s by the Lakehead Pipeline Company to transport oil … Read more