Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Seabees work in near 100 mile per hour winds and sub-freezing temperatures to put portable boilers into operation to supply heat to Navy housing aboard the U. S. Naval Station, Kodiak,...
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. Men standing beside boilers in Alaska Engineering Commission Railway power plant, Anchorage, Alaska. From verso: "Ike Heffentrager, Maurice Scott." Further research indicates that Heffentrager did not arrive in Alaska until...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction on north end of railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska. Construction workers stand among rails and girders below left in front of boilers, while crane and...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction on railroad bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska, with crane at end of bridge, tent to the right, and construction worker near ground level in center near smoking...
Title taken from front. View of steel railroad rails used as weight to hold railroad bridge during Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction on bridge over Hurricane Gulch, Alaska. Steel girders are piled near boilers at left. Also from...
Details of the S.S. Yukon shipwreck near Seward, Alaska. Note the boiler that is under water facing the stern from the main deck. Original size of photograph: 5" x 7".
Title from caption. Photograph shows a horse team pulling a 60 horsepower boiler. Men are sitting astride a few of the horses as well as standing on top of the boiler and walking alongside it.
54 second, color/silent, film clip. Clip shows men loading wood onto the sternwheeler from the shore, feeding the boiler, and the operations of the sternwheel.
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. Man with horse drawn sled loaded with materials to construct the riverboat "Chitina", near Tasnuna Glacier, Southcentral Alaska. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number E395. n.d....
Title taken from front. G.L. Morris Co. preparing to transport a boiler for Darling & Dean Co. via horse drawn wagon, Nome, Alaska. Business shown: Golden Gate Hotel. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1910. Photographer:...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G662." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G662. 1917. Photographer: P.S. Hunt.