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Ice break-up, Copper River, Chitina, Alaska.

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Collection Name	Chena Lakes Flood Control Project
Identifier	UAF-1988-121-15
Title	Ice break-up, Copper River, Chitina, Alaska.
Description	Title from caption. Caption also includes the number 338 and the word "Photocraft." Verso reads: "Ice breaking up in Copper River at the Chitina crossing Mile 132 C.R. & N.W. Ry. Stringers and rails taken up to save them from going into river. Piledriver other side waiting for ice to quit running." Verso also stamped "Please Return To Kay J. Kennedy. Anchorage, Alaska." The Copper River and Northwestern Railway connected Cordova, Alaska, to the Kennecott Mine and was in operation from 1911 to 1938.
Subject.TGM	Rivers Ice Ice floes Railroads Railroad bridges Railroad construction & maintenance Pile bridges Pile drivers Bridges
Subject.Local	Breakup
Corporate Name	Copper River and Northwestern Railway
Location	Copper River (Alaska) Chitina (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913 1913 to 1939
Date.original	1911 - 1938?
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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