Title:
Construction photographs of the Alcan Highway, Alaska and Yukon Territory
Creator/Contributor:
Tolen, Harry S., creator
Creator/Contributor:
United States, Public Roads Administration.
Creator/Contributor:
Utah Construction Company
Abstract:
Contains photo-report showing construction progress of the Alcan (Alaska) Highway, from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, north.
Views of Alaskan and Yukon Territory scenery, especially along the White River and Whitehorse area; vegetation; the Utah Construction
Company camps and workers; road building equipment; and other related views are included.
Date:
1943 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ak -- n-cn-yk
Roads -- Alaska -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Roads -- Design and construction -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs
Roads -- Yukon -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Routes -- Alaska -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Routes -- Conception et construction -- Appareils et matériel -- Photographies
Routes -- Yukon -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Roads -- Design and construction
Roads -- Design and construction -- Equipment and supplies
Alaska Highway -- Pictorial works
Alaska -- Pictorial works
Yukon -- Pictorial works
Route de l'Alaska -- Ouvrages illustrés
Alaska -- Ouvrages illustrés
Alaska
North America -- Alaska Highway
Yukon
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographed by Gail Pinkstaff; most photos captioned on verso.
On album cover: Canada-Alaska Highway photographs. U.S. Federal Works Agency, Public Roads Administration, Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory.
Contains two maps showing territory between the Donjek and White Rivers, Yukon Territory.
Harry S. Tolen, compiler of this album, was a Chief Engineer in charge of building the Northwest 500 miles of the Alcan Highway
from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, north.
Includes photo-report entitled: Report of the materials encountered during the field reconnaissance of the Alaska-Canada Highway
from Edith Creek crossing to White River on the south side of the valley, by Robert E. Simpson, assistant highway engineer.
Type:
graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Progress photographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
1 album (218 photographic prints) : black and white ; 30 x 24 cm + 4 typescript leaves, accompanying map and photographic
prints
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1997.010--fALBLOCAL
Origin:
Yukon Territory