Alaska Road Commission

Cookman Collection

circa 1940

This image records an attempt to control some of the annual Knik River flooding that affected the community of Matanuska. A narrow channel of water leading directly from the foreground viewpoint to far middle ground is framed on the left by brush and on the right by a short wall of vertical posts in the ground. Two piles of sandbags are evident at right in an area of partially flooded brush and wet soil.

Matanuska, Alaska

Black & White Paper Print, 3-1/2" x 5-3/4"

Road-35L#13x-Coo