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Ladd Field, Power Plant, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK



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B&W Photos

HB5440
View Of South And East Exteriors
HB5441
View Of South Exterior And Ash Hopper From The West
HB5442
Door, South Exterior
HB5443
Coal Loading Entrance, Northwest Corner

HB5444
Coal Loading Entrance And West Exterior
HB5445
North Exterior
HB5446
Cooling Pond
HB5447
Detail Of Louver Board At Cooling Pond


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Item Title


Location
Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, AK

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS AK-36-L
Building/structure dates: 1940 initial construction
National Register Number: 85002730
Significance: The cold weather experimental Air Base (Ladd Field) at Fairbanks was the first Army major construction of World War II in Alaska. Permanent buildings were built based upon original designs by Austin Company rather than standardized Army structures. The Power Plant was of critical importance given the subarctic weather.

Subjects
Power Plants


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF SOUTH AND EAST EXTERIORS
2. VIEW OF SOUTH EXTERIOR AND ASH HOPPER FROM THE WEST
3. DOOR, SOUTH EXTERIOR
4. COAL LOADING ENTRANCE, NORTHWEST CORNER
5. COAL LOADING ENTRANCE AND WEST EXTERIOR
6. NORTH EXTERIOR
7. COOLING POND
8. DETAIL OF LOUVER BOARD AT COOLING POND


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