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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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:
Trestles > Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Bartlett Glacier
glacier
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4094
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spelling 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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topic Trestles--Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
spellingShingle Trestles--Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
topic_facet Trestles--Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
description 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.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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author Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
author_facet Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
author_sort Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
title The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
title_short The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
title_full The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
title_fullStr The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
title_full_unstemmed The "Loop" trestle in Bartlett Glacier Valley on the Alaska Northern Railway, Alaska, circa 1914
title_sort "loop" trestle in bartlett glacier valley on the alaska northern railway, alaska, circa 1914
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Alaska
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Alaska
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
AWC4939
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4094
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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