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Description
Collection Name
Edward R. McFarland Photographs
Identifier
UAF-1974-130-51
Title
Signal
Corps
relief
cabin
on
Delta
Summit
Description
Album
caption
:
Signal
Corps
relief
cabin
on
Delta
Summit
,
where
the
second
and
first
sections
of the
Washington-Alaska
Military
Cable
&
Telegraph
System
meet
. At the
end
of
Fielding
Lake
, a
sheet
of
water
about
eight
miles
long
. This
pass
is
but
about
3500
feet
above
sea-level
and
one
of the
proposed
routes
for the
railroad
to the
interior
.
Picture
taken
July
4th
1913
.
Snow
patches
still
in
evidence
,
still
it
was
necessary
to
build
a
smudge
as a
protection
against
mosquitoes
during
the
few
minutes
we
remained
in the
vicinity
.
Visible
in the
photograph
is
the
log
relief
cabin
,
two
men
standing
near
the
telegraph
pole
,
two
saddled
horses
to the
right
of the
cabin
,
Fielding
Lake
and the
trail
along
the
lakeshore
Creator
Woods, George M.
Subject.TGM
Utility poles
Telegraph lines
Log cabins
Men
Horses
Trails & paths
Lakes & ponds
Subject.LCSH
Telegraph lines -- Construction
Corporate Name
Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System
Location
Donnelly Dome (Alaska)
Region
Interior Alaska
Time Period
1896 to 1913
Type
Collection
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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