World War II-era telephone line still in use in Upper Tanana Valley - Sketches of Alaska
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A portion of the Alaska Military Telephone Line along the Alaska Highway near the Canadian border The Alaska Highway, built in 1942, was not the only World War II-era construction project linking Alaska with...
  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Not surprising.

    They were building for war time conditions. They figured out the worst possible outcomes and then tripled down on them.

    Heck, there are WW2 jeeps still in use today. There were DC-3 airplanes that were flown for 40 years.