Road construction

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Title

Road construction

Description

A construction worker poses next to a cable excavator and a dump truck (#509) with driver. The photographs in this collection came from a U.S. Army soldier with Company G, 477th during World War II. The unit supported U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and civilian personnel constructing the Alaska Highway; serving on the southern section of the highway, between Dawson Creek and the Sikanni Chief River in British Columbia.

Source

Thomas Saplak photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Date

1943-1944

Rights

Archives and Special Collections does not hold copyright to this item. Please contact Archives for further use.

Relation

https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0540

Type

Image

Identifier

uaa-hmc-0540-17a

Files

uaa-hmc-0540-17a.jpg

Citation

“Road construction,” Archives and Special Collections, UAA/APU Consortium Library online exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/omeka/items/show/820.