Alaska Central Railway construction train crossing trestle near Seward, August 27, 1905

• Main Author: Evans and Anderson
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Railroad cars > Alaska > Seward; Railroad construction & maintenance > Alaska > Seward; Railroad tracks > Alaska > Seward; Trestles > Alaska > Seward; Alaska Central Railway; Railroads > Track; Railroads > Cars; Baldwin; Clifford; Edith; Pacific; Snow River; Yukon; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/204

Caption on image: Construction train crossing long trestle near Seward, Alaska. Photo by Evans and Anderson, Aug. 27th, 1905 PH Coll 334.Evans & Anderson 3 A young real estate man named John Ballaine envisioned a trans-Alaska route to the Yukon believing inland Alaska would "develop diversi...