Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
(3:57 min.) (09 of 27) Denali Highway
One of the complaints is that the Road Commission did most of their own work and contracted out very little. There was no profit in bringing the equipment all the way here. Setting up base and...
(4:43 min.) (08 of 27) Start of contracting
First job was building the bridge between Illinois St. and College Road over Noyes Slough. Lots of paperwork, everything was an emergency since there was no experience with how to do the simplest...
"C" List jobseekers relax in front of the Odd Fellow Temple building on First Avenue, Fairbanks; this was once the hiring hall for operating engineers.
"Camp "El Caribe" of the P. R. R. A. Mayaguez, May 1, 1937, showing the four brigades of laborers standing at attention during addresses made by Dr. Ernest Gruening, Chief of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, and Speaker Miguel A....
A community of shacks built from whatever materials were available, which sprang up near Peger Road in Fairbanks during boom years associated with the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Allen Ross, along with other men, lives in a basement while looking for work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; two beds, a tiny table, a dresser, and stacked belongings fill the room
Beach cleanup worker in oil splattered raingear watches co-workers use pom-poms to clean beach from gross oil contamination - LaTouche Island (Prince William Sound).