Alaska Road Commission

Cookman Collection #1

August 3, 1936

This image is of a non-motorized road grader that is being pulled by a cat tractor which is out of sight at right. The grader is clearing the ditch which appears to be filled with mud and water seen being pulled up onto the road. The image gives a good view of the marvelous array of wheels, cranks, levers and arms required to adjust everything needed to blade a flat surface, build a road crown, clear a ditch and form a proper back-slope. It also acknowledges the operator's ability to make it all function together.

Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

Black & White Paper Print--3-1/2" x 5-3/4""

Road-35DB#43x-Coo