Eric A. Hegg Copper River Railway photographs, 1908-1910 [graphic]. 1908-1910.

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Eric A. Hegg Copper River Railway photographs, 1908-1910 [graphic]. 1908-1910.

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One album of photographs taken by Eric A. Hegg. The photographs document the construction of the first fifty-plus miles of railway laid by the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, 1908. Construction images show bridges, concrete piers, trestles, track laying, camps, freight trains, steam shovel, and river boats. The album begins with images of the beginning of the railway, at the construction headquarters at Cordova, Alaska, and continues along Eyak Lake; construction progress is documented to the Abercrombie Rapids and Abercrombie Canyon of the Copper River, and the Miles and Childs Glaciers. The last photograph depicts the Miles Glacier Bridge, completed in 1910.

1 album (ca. 100 photographic prints) : b&w.

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