Sheep; Shepherds; Automobiles; Canals; International agricultural assistance;
Sheep drinking water from the Tarnak Canal. A teal-colored American car is in the background. Lyman Wilbur captioned this photo "End of the Tarnak Canal, Afghanistan."
The Wilbur tour group travels along side a Boghra canal in a Willys station wagon. The Boghra canal system already existed in Afghanistan before Morrison-Knudsen arrived in 1946. M-K was hired to upgrade the system to handle the constant flow of...
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."
Canals; Irrigation; Mosques; International agricultural assistance;
An American, presumably from Morrison-Knudsen, inspecting a canal in Afghanistan. Lyman Wilbur did not identify the building in the background, perhaps a mosque. See also photo AFG 039.
Canals; Irrigation; Mosques; International agricultural assistance;
An unidentified American, presumably from Morrison-Knudsen, inspecting a canal. Lyman Wilbur did not indentify the building in the background, perhaps a mosque. See also photo AFG 049.