Loaded trucks being pulled through the "Grand Canyon of the Alaska Highway"; Outlets cut into the low side of the roadbed to drain the seepage water and ooze. Original caption: 43-3994. Trucks loaded with supplies, equipment and materials for advanced camps are here shown being pulled through the "Grand Canyon of the Alaska Highway," a ditch formed by the thawing of the frozen silt and the gradual draining away of the resulting muck. Section B2. Mile Post 1426. August 17, 1943. Photo by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 43-3995. Example of outlets cut into the low side of the roadbed to drain the s

Loaded trucks being pulled through the "Grand Canyon of the Alaska Highway"; Outlets cut into the low side of the roadbed to drain the seepage water and ooze. Original caption: 43-3994. Trucks loaded with supplies, equipment and materials for advanced camps are here shown being pulled through the "Grand Canyon of the Alaska Highway," a ditch formed by the thawing of the frozen silt and the gradual draining away of the resulting muck. Section B2. Mile Post 1426. August 17, 1943. Photo by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 43-3995. Example of outlets cut into the low side of the roadbed to drain the seepage water and ooze. At intervals along the "Grand Canyon of the Alaska Highway," bull dozers have opened outlets toward the low side of the road to drain the seepage water and ooze. The drainage of this "flowing mud" is increased as the trucks being pulled through the ditch push the mud ahead of them. Occasional boulders hidden in this ooze constantly threaten to damage the underside of these trucks. Section B2. Mile Post August 17, 1943. Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

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