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Alcan Highway

British  
/ ˈælkæn /

noun

  1. original name of the Alaska Highway

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But while it was still a rough scratch on the earth the Alcan Highway somehow became a smooth fact in the pub lic mind.

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In five World War II years, Kiewit bossed or shared more than $300 million of Government contracts, ranging from Army camps in Washington, Colorado and Oregon to landing fields along the Alcan Highway.

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No, the Alcan Highway was not open this summer.

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Then he was assigned to the ill-fated Canol Project and the Alcan Highway.

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After Pearl Harbor, U.S. dollars flooded into Canada for the Alcan Highway, airports, the Canol pipeline, huge purchases of grain, aluminum, etc.

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