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
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Subjects:
Trestles > Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Bartlett Glacier
glacier
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5553
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/5553 2023-05-15T15:39:47+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 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. 2013 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5553 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC5595 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5553 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 2017-12-31T14:04:54Z 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 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
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
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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
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
AWC5595
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5553
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