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Ladd Field, Power Plant, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
Summary
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.
Survey number: HABS AK-36-L
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002730
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Date
1940 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
alaska, 64.82779, -147.64292
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
