Suicide Hill, ALCAN Highway
Followers of mine may recognize this photo. This is actually a re-post after I accidentally made a wrong choice on LightroomCC and wound up deleting it from Flickr. #*@~?+^!
This photo postcard from the Wartime Information Board shows what U.S. Army Engineers would have called the Pioneer Road, the first primitive, but drivable, construction phase of what is today known as the Alaska Highway.
This spot became known in the early days as Suicide Hill. Sardonic workers even placed a sign at the top saying "Prepare To Meet Thy Maker." It is near today’s historic milepost 148. Here, one gets a sense of what traveling that “highway” must have been like at first: no paved surfaces, terrifyingly steep grades and no shoulders.
Caption: “View along the new Alaska Highway through Canada’s wilderness – Built by a welcome army of U.S. Soldiers.”
This photo was most likely purchased by Bill for his album of scenes along the Alaska Highway. In 1943 he was a civilian worker constructing the ALCAN Highway in British Columbia and Yukon.
To enlarge, double-click on image or type L.
Suicide Hill, ALCAN Highway
Followers of mine may recognize this photo. This is actually a re-post after I accidentally made a wrong choice on LightroomCC and wound up deleting it from Flickr. #*@~?+^!
This photo postcard from the Wartime Information Board shows what U.S. Army Engineers would have called the Pioneer Road, the first primitive, but drivable, construction phase of what is today known as the Alaska Highway.
This spot became known in the early days as Suicide Hill. Sardonic workers even placed a sign at the top saying "Prepare To Meet Thy Maker." It is near today’s historic milepost 148. Here, one gets a sense of what traveling that “highway” must have been like at first: no paved surfaces, terrifyingly steep grades and no shoulders.
Caption: “View along the new Alaska Highway through Canada’s wilderness – Built by a welcome army of U.S. Soldiers.”
This photo was most likely purchased by Bill for his album of scenes along the Alaska Highway. In 1943 he was a civilian worker constructing the ALCAN Highway in British Columbia and Yukon.
To enlarge, double-click on image or type L.