Standing on a service road above the Kajakai dam site, T.Y. Johnston (left), an Afghan M-K employee (right), Henrietta Wilbur (center), and other members of the tour, pose for a photo. Below them is the Helmand River.
Entries from Lyman Wilbur's daily diary covering the Wilburs' 1957 trip to Afghanistan and the days leading up to the trip. These entries describe the trip documented by the photos in this collection.
Rivers; Dams; Irrigation; Kajakai Dam (Afghanistan);
A view from the top of the Kajakai dam, looking down stream. To the left, water flows out of the power and irrigation tunnels, and to the right, water flows out of the spillway. A powerhouse was later built at the end of the power tunnel to...
Dams; International agricultural assistance; Kajakai Dam (Afghanistan);
Ted Y. Johnston (left) and an unidentified man, on the intake control tower at the Kajakai Dam. The tower stands 311 feet from the bottom of the reservoir. It regulates the tunnel gate which draws water from the reservoir for irrigation.
M-K visitors are given a tour of the camp where the Kajakai Dam construction crew lived while working on the project. Lyman Wilbur captioned this photo "Kajakai camp."
