File:J D Adams & Company Leaning Wheel Road Grader on the Richardson Highway near Valdez, Alaska, circa 1910 (AL+CA 2677).jpg
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[edit]English: J. D. Adams & Company Leaning Wheel Road Grader on the Richardson Highway near Valdez, Alaska, circa 1910 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: J. D. Adams & Company Leaning Wheel Road Grader on the Richardson Highway near Valdez, Alaska, circa 1910 |
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English: The leaning-wheel road graders built by the Adams company of Indianapolis, IN, could be towed by horses or tractors. Handwritten on verso: An Adams Leaning Wheel Grader. PH Coll 693.15The Valdez-Fairbanks Trail was built in 1899 as a gold field access trail, navigable only on foot. It was upgraded to handle sleds and wagons through the first decade of the 20th century, when it was renamed the Richardson Highway after General Wilds P. Richardson, who oversaw the upgrade. It was further upgraded for motor vehicles in the 1920s.
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Depicted place | Alaska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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circa 1910 date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: silver gelatin; b&w |
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height: 5.5 in (13.9 cm); width: 3 in (76.2 mm) dimensions QS:P2048,5.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,3U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Order Number InfoField | AWC3523 |
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