How 1.7M gallons of oil spilled near Grand Rapids

On March 3, 1991, Line 3 of the Lakehead Pipeline Company burst 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 US history.  Line 3 was built in the 1960s by the Lakehead Pipeline Company to […]