The Million Dollar Bridge

The bridge and glacier made famous by Rex Beach in :The Iron Trail. The multi-span iron Pennsylvania through truss cost $1.4 million to build. It was damaged by the 1964 earth quake, and repaired in 2004-5 at a cost of $19 million. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Washington State Library
Subjects:
Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad snowplow locomotives; Transportation & Travel;
glacier
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,5641
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spelling ftwashingtonrh:oai:www.washingtonruralheritage.org:orcas/5641 2023-05-15T16:20:29+02:00 The Million Dollar Bridge Unknown United States -- Alaska -- Valdez-Cordova -- Copper Center; 1910s (1910-1919) image/jpeg http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,5641 unknown Washington State Library Washington Rural Heritage Orcas Island Heritage -- James T. Geoghegan Collection; The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Orcas Island Historical Museum. Privately owned holding institution: private collection of Steve Geoghegan; extent and medium: 1 postcard; dimensions: 5.5 in. x 2.75 in.; other physical details: b&w Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad snowplow locomotives; Transportation & Travel; Still Image; ftwashingtonrh 2017-01-22T16:37:23Z The bridge and glacier made famous by Rex Beach in :The Iron Trail. The multi-span iron Pennsylvania through truss cost $1.4 million to build. It was damaged by the 1964 earth quake, and repaired in 2004-5 at a cost of $19 million. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Still Image glacier Alaska Washington Rural Heritage (Washington State Library)
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topic Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad snowplow locomotives; Transportation & Travel;
spellingShingle Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad snowplow locomotives; Transportation & Travel;
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The Million Dollar Bridge
topic_facet Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad snowplow locomotives; Transportation & Travel;
description The bridge and glacier made famous by Rex Beach in :The Iron Trail. The multi-span iron Pennsylvania through truss cost $1.4 million to build. It was damaged by the 1964 earth quake, and repaired in 2004-5 at a cost of $19 million. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title The Million Dollar Bridge
title_short The Million Dollar Bridge
title_full The Million Dollar Bridge
title_fullStr The Million Dollar Bridge
title_full_unstemmed The Million Dollar Bridge
title_sort million dollar bridge
publisher Washington State Library
url http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,5641
op_coverage United States -- Alaska -- Valdez-Cordova -- Copper Center; 1910s (1910-1919)
genre glacier
Alaska
genre_facet glacier
Alaska
op_source Privately owned
holding institution: private collection of Steve Geoghegan; extent and medium: 1 postcard; dimensions: 5.5 in. x 2.75 in.; other physical details: b&w
op_relation Washington Rural Heritage
Orcas Island Heritage -- James T. Geoghegan Collection;
op_rights The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Orcas Island Historical Museum.
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