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U.S. Railway. steam shovel, near Moose Creek.
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U.S. Railway. steam shovel, near Moose Creek.
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Description
Collection Name
Falcon Joslin papers
Identifier
UAF-1979-41-131
Title
U.S
.
Railway
.
steam
shovel
,
near
Moose
Creek
.
Description
Title
from
caption.
"
U.S.
Ry.
steam
shovel
,
near
Moose
Creek.
Men
and a
steam
shovel
are at
work
along
side
a
railroad.
A
note
on the
photograph
indicates
Phinney
S.
Hunt
was the
photographer
: "
A.E.C.
G40.
P.S.
Hunt.
"
According
to a
website
(
http://www.alaskarails.org/historical/construction/aec/),
A.E.C.
stands
for
Alaska
Engineering
Commission
,
which
constructed
the
Alaska
Railroad
from
1915-1923.
Since
Hunt
died
in
1917
the
date
this
photograph
was
taken
would be in the
range
of
1915-1917.
According
to the
previously
cited
website
, the
steam
shovel
appears
to be a
small
Bucyrus
Steam
Shovel.
Creator
Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917
Subject.TGM
Steam shovels
Railroad construction & maintenance
Railroad construction workers
Railroad cuts
Railroad rails
Railroad tracks
Railroads
Men
Smokestacks
Rocks
Railroads
Corporate Name
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Alaska Railroad
Region
Southcentral Alaska
Time Period
1913 to 1939
Date
1915
-
1917
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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