Alaska Bureau Photograph Albums 1897-1925
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Alaska Bureau
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On 17 Apr. 1882, twenty-six leading Seattle citizens and businessmen organized the Seattle Chamber of Commerce with the intent of protecting local interests. The Chamber initially focused its efforts on the fight to obtain rail facilities for Seattle, but reorganized in 1910 to broaden its scope, taking the name "New Seattle Chamber of Commerce." Among the goals of the new Chamber, addressed by its various committees, were "to promote the growth and development of the State of Washington, the te...
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
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The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, narrow-gauge railroad running from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada; construction began in 1898 and was completed in 1900. From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171545 From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80056574 The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, ...
Alaskan Engineering Commission
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The Alaska Engineering Commission (AEC) was created by President Woodrow Wilson as part of the Alaska Railroad Act (38 Stat. 305), March 12, 1914, to supervise construction of Alaska's railways. The AEC went under the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1915. When construction was complete and the railroad began operating in 1923, the AEC became the Alaska Railroad Commission, redesignated The Alaska Railroad. From the description of U.S. Alaska Engineering Commission photograph colle...
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
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