Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Infrastructure: What Does It Mean?

infrastructure
=============================================== n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: substructure] 2: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: base] -- From WordNet (r) 2.0 ===============================================
That's the Dictionary talking, a simpler explaination would be: "Putting shovels in the ground to build or repair bridges, roads and buildings that have been neglected too long..." Yesterday on the History Channel, I saw another version of the meaning of Infrastructure:



The Building of the Alcan Highway in 1942.

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BACKGROUND:
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Alcon Highway was 1,522 mile long Alaskan Highway and took 11,000 soldiers to build.

7 regiments of soldiers.
of the US Army personnel, 1/3 were black.

Distance from Washington DC to Denver Colorado.



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Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/277490/Construction-of-the-Alcan-Highway-1942
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Link Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway
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Wingman

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