Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909
This album contains photos from the 1909 survey expedition for the first section of the Alaska Midland Railway line from Haines to the White River, Yukon Territory. PH Coll 230.24a The Alaska Midland Railway a venture of John Rosene, a Seattle entrepreneur, was planned and surveyed to run from the p...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3057 2023-05-15T15:44:14+02:00 Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada--British Columbia--Klehini River Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3057 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3900 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3057 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Alaska Midland Railway photograph album. PH Coll 230 Rivers--British Columbia Mountains--British Columbia Klehini River (Alaska and Yukon) Clear Creek Summit (B.C.) Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:57Z This album contains photos from the 1909 survey expedition for the first section of the Alaska Midland Railway line from Haines to the White River, Yukon Territory. PH Coll 230.24a The Alaska Midland Railway a venture of John Rosene, a Seattle entrepreneur, was planned and surveyed to run from the port town of Haines (near Skagway), north through what is now Yukon Territory, ending at Fairbanks, Alaska. Rosene and his team of engineers chose this route because they believed its flat grade and connection of rich mineral, timber, and agricultural lands to the sea would make it a lucrative site. The company's original ambitions included connecting to other railways at Fairbanks and continuing the line westward into Siberia by bridge or tunnel across the Bering Strait. The railway was never completed, however. During World War I, the U.S. government completed a similar railway line from Fairbanks to Seward, Alaska, and the momentum for Rosene's project evaporated. The photographer of this album is unknown, but the 1909 survey team may have included H.R. Robbins, H.P.M. Birkinbine, Steve Sheldon, and Gus Klaney, all of whom were involved in a later survey of the route. Other/Unknown Material Bering Strait Skagway Alaska Siberia Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Fairbanks Bering Strait Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Midland ENVELOPE(8.224,8.224,63.072,63.072) Clear Creek ENVELOPE(-127.637,-127.637,54.566,54.566) Columbia Mountains ENVELOPE(-63.852,-63.852,-70.197,-70.197) Klehini River ENVELOPE(-136.370,-136.370,59.449,59.449) |
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Rivers--British Columbia Mountains--British Columbia Klehini River (Alaska and Yukon) Clear Creek Summit (B.C.) Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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Rivers--British Columbia Mountains--British Columbia Klehini River (Alaska and Yukon) Clear Creek Summit (B.C.) |
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This album contains photos from the 1909 survey expedition for the first section of the Alaska Midland Railway line from Haines to the White River, Yukon Territory. PH Coll 230.24a The Alaska Midland Railway a venture of John Rosene, a Seattle entrepreneur, was planned and surveyed to run from the port town of Haines (near Skagway), north through what is now Yukon Territory, ending at Fairbanks, Alaska. Rosene and his team of engineers chose this route because they believed its flat grade and connection of rich mineral, timber, and agricultural lands to the sea would make it a lucrative site. The company's original ambitions included connecting to other railways at Fairbanks and continuing the line westward into Siberia by bridge or tunnel across the Bering Strait. The railway was never completed, however. During World War I, the U.S. government completed a similar railway line from Fairbanks to Seward, Alaska, and the momentum for Rosene's project evaporated. The photographer of this album is unknown, but the 1909 survey team may have included H.R. Robbins, H.P.M. Birkinbine, Steve Sheldon, and Gus Klaney, all of whom were involved in a later survey of the route. |
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Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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Looking east across Klehini River and Clear Creek Summit, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably British Columbia, 1909 |
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looking east across klehini river and clear creek summit, alaska midland railway survey, probably british columbia, 1909 |
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Canada--British Columbia--Klehini River |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(8.224,8.224,63.072,63.072) ENVELOPE(-127.637,-127.637,54.566,54.566) ENVELOPE(-63.852,-63.852,-70.197,-70.197) ENVELOPE(-136.370,-136.370,59.449,59.449) |
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Yukon Fairbanks Bering Strait Canada British Columbia Midland Clear Creek Columbia Mountains Klehini River |
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Yukon Fairbanks Bering Strait Canada British Columbia Midland Clear Creek Columbia Mountains Klehini River |
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Bering Strait Skagway Alaska Siberia Yukon |
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Bering Strait Skagway Alaska Siberia Yukon |
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University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Alaska Midland Railway photograph album. PH Coll 230 |
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Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3900 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3057 |
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For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use |
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