Ice break-up, Copper River, Chitina, Alaska.
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. " 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
1911 - 1938 ?
Type
Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
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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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