Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Gilahina Bridge, Mile 28.5, McCarthy Road, Chitina vicinity, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

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5 b&w photos
2 data pages
2 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

TITLE:
Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Gilahina Bridge, Mile 28.5, McCarthy Road, Chitina vicinity, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

CALL NUMBER:
HAER AK,20-CHIT.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AK-15

Building/structure dates: 1911 initial construction

Significance: Part of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway route, this bridge illustrates the ingenuity and drive of the railroad builders. Built during the winter of 1911 in only eleven days, this 180 foot long, 90 foot high curved timber trestle was the last and most difficult wooden bridge built between Chitina and Kennecott, Alaska.

SUBJECTS:
ALASKA--Valdez-Cordova Census Area--Chitina vicinity
railroad bridges
transportation
railroad companies

OTHER TITLE:
Gilahina Trestle
Gilahina Bridge
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ak0200

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
2. VIEW OF CENTER SPAN, SOUTHSIDE
3. VIEW OF ELEVATION TRUSSES
4. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
5. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST

CONTROL #:
AK0200

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