The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
The "Loop" was a circular trestle that at one point crossed over itself. The trestle was built to avoid the obstacle of building a railroad grade in a very steep section of the mountains. Between 1950 and 1951, the Alaska Railroad management rerouted the line and eventually destroyed the t...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/4094 2023-05-15T15:39:48+02:00 The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Bartlett Glacier Valley 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/4094 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4939 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4094 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 Trestles--Alaska Alaskan Engineering Commission Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:21Z The "Loop" was a circular trestle that at one point crossed over itself. The trestle was built to avoid the obstacle of building a railroad grade in a very steep section of the mountains. Between 1950 and 1951, the Alaska Railroad management rerouted the line and eventually destroyed the trestle as it was a liability.Caption on photo: The big loop. Mile 47½. A.N.Ry. PH Coll 495.32 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. Other/Unknown Material Bartlett Glacier glacier Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Bartlett Glacier ENVELOPE(-152.000,-152.000,-86.250,-86.250) |
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The "Loop" was a circular trestle that at one point crossed over itself. The trestle was built to avoid the obstacle of building a railroad grade in a very steep section of the mountains. Between 1950 and 1951, the Alaska Railroad management rerouted the line and eventually destroyed the trestle as it was a liability.Caption on photo: The big loop. Mile 47½. A.N.Ry. PH Coll 495.32 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. |
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Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917 |
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The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 |
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The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 |
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The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 |
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The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 |
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The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914 |
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"loop" trestle in bartlett glacier valley on the alaska northern railway, alaska, circa 1914 |
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Bartlett Glacier glacier Alaska |
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University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 |
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Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4939 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4094 |
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