Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914

These tracks were probably used for a mining tramway or narrow gauge railway for the mining operations in Flat, Alaska. Caption under photo: "Tram Road" Between Flat City and Iditarod. 7 miles long. McPherson number: K534 PH Coll 495.2-64a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by Jam...

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Railroad tracks > Alaska
Mountains > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3975 2023-05-15T17:05:38+02:00 Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 5 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3975 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4820 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3975 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 Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 Railroad tracks--Alaska Mountains--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:16Z These tracks were probably used for a mining tramway or narrow gauge railway for the mining operations in Flat, Alaska. Caption under photo: "Tram Road" Between Flat City and Iditarod. 7 miles long. McPherson number: K534 PH Coll 495.2-64a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers. Other/Unknown Material Kuskokwim Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage
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topic Railroad tracks--Alaska
Mountains--Alaska
spellingShingle Railroad tracks--Alaska
Mountains--Alaska
Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
topic_facet Railroad tracks--Alaska
Mountains--Alaska
description These tracks were probably used for a mining tramway or narrow gauge railway for the mining operations in Flat, Alaska. Caption under photo: "Tram Road" Between Flat City and Iditarod. 7 miles long. McPherson number: K534 PH Coll 495.2-64a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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title Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
title_short Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
title_full Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
title_fullStr Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
title_full_unstemmed Tracks between Flat and Iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, Alaska, September 1914
title_sort tracks between flat and iditarod with snow-covered mountain range ahead, alaska, september 1914
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op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC4820
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op_rights 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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