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B1994.022.927
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.928
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.929
(Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1994.022.676
(Copper and Northwestern Railway-Snow plow)(Engine number 74)
Collection: B1994.022 Hoyt Collection
B1962.001A.381
Snap shot of first ambulance containing two men wounded by Northwestern Railway marshals in Keystone Canyon, Sept. 25, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G 1627 [Alaska Home Railway; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Ambulances, Medical care, Railroads, Canyons, Dogs, Horses, Animals, Transportation, Landscapes
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2195
Street scene-Cordova [Copper River and Northwestern Railway; 1900-09]
Keywords: Street scene, Cordova, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Communities, Towns, Buildings, Pedestrians
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.379
Panorama of C.R. & N.W. Railway Co.’s grade and Valdez, August 8, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G915 [same as B1962.001.728. Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Construction, Lumber, Shorelines, Railroads
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.2791
1-80. Picture below is Cannery, later Railroad Carpenter Shop-Cordova [Canneries; Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Canneries, Carpenter shops, Cordova, Buildings, Businesses, Wharves, Docks, Piers, Communities
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.380
C.R. & N.W. Railway grade in lower end of Keystone Canyon, Feb. 15, ’06. P.S. Hunt, G651 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway – Construction; Valdez-Fairbanks Trail]
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Canyons, Trails
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1995.010.2265
[collapsed structure next to railroad tracks along water, Copper River and Northwestern Railway? Cf. .2245]
Collection: B1995.010
B1962.001A.383
Secretary Walter L. Fisher and party viewing Childs Glacier on Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Cordova, Alaska, August 26, ’11. P.S. Hunt, G3693
Keywords: Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Walter Fisher, Glaciers
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.382
The principle street in CR & NWR Co.’s town site, looking north from near The Beach, August 21, ’05. P.S. Hunt, G432 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Townsites, Towns, Buildings, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B2015.008.725a
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.725b
324.5-6 [small format panoramic photograph, town or camp along railroad tracks,
probably Copper River & Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1962.001.1417
Looking up Keystone Canyon showing C.R. & N.W. Ry. grade from top of first cut. Aug. 12, ’06. P.S. Hunt G920 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway]
Keywords: Keystone Canyon, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY, Railroads, Grade, Rivers, Copper River, Mountains
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001.1472
“Copper River. Bridge 27A [second negative very similar, not identical; Copper River and Northwestern Railway; Miles Glacier Bridge (?)] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, River, Miles Glacier Bridge, Bridge, Train, Locomotive, CR&NWRY, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Transportation
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.131
R24-2. Miles Glacier [view of glacier terminus, possibly taken from tracks of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001.1418
Looking down first cut entering Keystone Canyon. C.R. & N.W. Ry. grade. P.S. Hunt G927 [Copper River and Northwestern Railway] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, River, Keystone Canyon, Canyon, Landscape, Scenic, CR&NWRY, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Railway, Railroad, Grade
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.384
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Co.’s $1,500,000.00 steel bridge across the Copper River, Alaska, at Miles Glacier Station. P.S. Hunt, G3701 [Miles Glacier Bridge] [Ahtna Territory, Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna Territory, Atna, Copper River, Northwestern Railway Co., Miles Glacier Bridge, Bridge, Miles Glaciet Station, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, CR&NWRY
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.235
Kotsina River grade near Chitina Bridge. P. S. Hunt J1903 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks with river at left]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1962.001A.235
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 15, ’07. P.S. Hunt, G3108 [McKinley Street; People; Hotel Seattle; Frye-Bruhn Co.; Copper River & Northwestern Railway Co.]
Keywords: Valdez, Street scenes, Snowbanks, Snow berms, McKinley Street, Hotels, Businesses, Buildings, CR&NWRY, Companies, Dogs, Animals
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.Album1.130
R24-3. C & NW Ry [view of gravel riverbed, probably taken near Miles Glacier from tracks of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.209
Copper River rapids, mile 52, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1895 [view from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.210
Kotsina grade near Chitina Bridge, looking up the Kotsina. P. S. Hunt J1902 [view along Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, river at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.226
Corduroy road near mile 150, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1914 [view of corduroy road from Copper River & Northwestern Railway car]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.910
[view down railroad tracks to snow-covered mountains, Copper River & Northwestern
Railway. With stamp of Dora Keen. Cf. A.O. Quinn’s Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper (1995), p.115]
Keywords: mountain, railroad
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.Album1.207
Showing sag in grade about mile 170, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1915 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.211
Baird Glacier, Mile 66, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1897 [view of the terminus of the glacier from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.227
A raise in the grade about Mile 173, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1916 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks through wooded area]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.228
Kuskulana River bridge, Mile 149, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1912 [distant view of Copper River & Northwestern Railway bridge in wooded area]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.234
Copper River rapids, Mile 52, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1894 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, with river at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.203
Chitina River from near mile 136, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1905 [view of river valley from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.204
Chitina River from near mile 135, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1904 [view of river valley from Copper River & Northwestern Railway route, circa 1914]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.232
Trestles on Baird Glacier flats, Mile 65, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1900 [workers standing on Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks running across glacial outflow]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.233
Snow shed, Mile 52, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1896 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks to section covered with wooden shed, with river at right]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.196
Million and a half dollar bridge at Miles Glacier, mile 49, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1893 [view of Miles Glacier Bridge, Copper River & Northwestern Railway, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.208
Lower end of Long Lake, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1918 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, walled tent at left on lake shore, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.229
Section of corduroy road, built by C. R. & N. W. Ry. Co., for construction purposes near mile 138. P. S. Hunt J1910 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks with corduroy road at right]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.237
One of the gravel slides near mile 123, C. R. & N. W. Ry. P. S. Hunt J1901 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway tracks, river at left, Alaska Railroad exploration circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.197
Corduroy road built by C. R. & N. W. Ry. Co. for construction purposes near mile 145. P. S. Hunt J1911 [view down Copper River & Northwestern Railway track with corduroy road at left, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, roads
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B2015.008.912
[view down railroad tracks, pine trees along river at left, rock wall at right, snowcovered
mountains ahead, Copper River & Northwestern Railway. With stamp of Dora Keen.
Cf. A.O. Quinn’s Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper (1995), p.136]
Keywords: railroad, mountain, Copper River
Collection: B2015.008
B1972.104.3
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Front Row-Left to Right Jas. English, Track Supt. Van Cleve; Sam Murchinson Supt. of Construction; Michael J. Heney Contractor; Capt. "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brian; E.C. Hawkins, Chief Engineer; Alfred Williams assistant Chief Engineer (on step) ; Dr. F. B. Whiting (with gloves in hand) Chief Surgeon; P.J. O'Brian Supt. of Bridges; Back Row - 1 - Dr. Bouncil; 2- Archie Shields; 3- Bill Simpoon (steam shovel); 4-Robinson; 5-Unknown; 6-Unknown. From the Ralph E. Mackay Alaskan photographic collection E.A. Hegg - Photo
Collection: B1972.104