Man standing on wagon road in frozen tundra, Alaska, September 1914

Writing on 2-65c indicates ice in ditch. McPherson number: K540 PH Coll 495.2-65c 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 Commissi...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dirt roads > Alaska
Tundras > Alaska
Ditches > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3981
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Summary:Writing on 2-65c indicates ice in ditch. McPherson number: K540 PH Coll 495.2-65c 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.

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