Alaska Road Commission

Cookman Collection #1

February, 1938

A dump truck, facing left in foreground on a winter road, with rear tires chained up, is attached to a wagon at right, mostly obscured by a steam cloud. The steam is coming from a boiler, barely visible on the wagon. A warmly dressed man stands at right attending to the equipment on the trailer. The truck appears to be loaded with coal to feed the boiler. A coal bucket sits on the ground next to the man. Another vehicle is partially visible behind the trailer at right. Heavy forest forms the middle ground backdrop on the far side of the road. Steam from this equipment was used to melt ice that plugged culverts and ditches causing overflow onto the road, and to remove glacial build-up on the road.

Between Anchorage and Palmer, Alaska

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

Road-75L#38x-Coo