1938 Press Photo Natives during road construction in Addis Ababa, Africa for Sale

1938 Press Photo Natives during road construction in Addis Ababa, Africa For Sale

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1938 Press Photo Natives during road construction in Addis Ababa, Africa:
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template 1938 Press Photo Natives during road construction in Addis Ababa, Africa

This is an original press photo. Addis Ababa, Africa - A total of 2028 miles of pivotal highways in Ethiopia constructed under appalling difficulties in thirteen months actual working time by 60,000 Italians and 60,000 natives have just been completed according to official construction reports as of July 30 detailing work on each of six major road building projects. Of this 1180 miles have been finished in every detail including asphalt surfacing. Freight rates have dropped from $350 a ton (Asmara to Addis Ababa 688 miles) to $30 a ton. A total of 4,448 small bridges. 128 large bridges, 501 construction camps, and 1700 buildings have been constructed in this gargantuan undertaking. The biggest single job is the Addis Ababa-Asmara road, 688 miles long known as Route #2 between the old capitals of Eritrea and Ethiopia, both now designated as Italian East Africa. So great were construction difficulties that men had to be let down constantly by ropes to carve a road on the side of the mountains 3200 meters above sea level. At total of 1864 bridges, virtually one every three miles had to be built on this 688 mile road which cost 826,000,000 lire or about $41,300,000. The rebuilding of completely new cities is planned at Addis Ababa, Dessye, Harar, Gimma, Gondar and Assaba, work that has been hitherto impossible because of high freight rates.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 8--1938.

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