Alaska Engineering Commission engineer C. R. Breck's camp close to Spencer Glacier, Alaska, circa 1914

• Main Author: Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Work camps > Alaska; Glaciers > Alaska; Alaskan Engineering Commission; Spencer Glacier (Alaska); glacier; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4092

Spencer Glacier was named after a railway employee who died after falling into a crevasse on the glacier in 1914.Caption on photo: C. R. Breck's camp, Spencer Glacier. Mile 53. A.N.Ry. Hunt J1861 PH Coll 495.30 These photographs, with negative numbers prefixed with "J" and "G," seem to have been taken by P. S. Hunt circa 1914-1915, prior to the beginning of construction work on the Alaska Railroad. Includes photographs of railroad lines and buildings previously in existence including the Alaska Northern Railway, the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, and the Alaska Central Railway.