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B1979.002.0105B
12-8/47 To provide an adequate water supply for the settlement, the railroad erected this 100,000-gallon capacity water tank. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1947 shows the new water tank with the old tank alongside. New & Old Water Towers
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.0110
City of Anchorage Date May 31, 1943 Anchorage, Alaska 714th Engineers R.R. Operating Bn. Housing Area Signal Corps U.S. Army Official Photograph
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.0112
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous 1950 Left Mary Johnson, cuts queen Marjorie Grapp, Iris Swafford(sp.?)
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.0113
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous 4th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska 1955
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.0115
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Elesnar(sp?) Moses Rita Martin 1958
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.024
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.025
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.026
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.027
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.029
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.030
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.031
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.032
{aerial photographs of railroad and road system}
Keywords: aerial photograph, railroads, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.10131
from verso: Snow & Ice (snow removal) [men work near tracked vehicles overturned alongside railroad tracks]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.10135
from verso: Snow & Ice (snow removal) Rotary at Curry 1-12-49 [rotary snow removal equipment at station; structure in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1017
Fires (Coach Shed & Machine Shop) Jan 15, 1951
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.10622
Locos, steam (Misc.) 4x5 copy neg. Orig. neg. Bob Barrett. [Engine number 901]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.10623
Locos, Steam (Misc.) Eng. neg: Bab Barrett. [Engine number 902]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.11241
ARR Corp. (Transfer) Transfer certification 7-12-84 Sen. Ted Stevens at podium
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1158
floods Nenana 5/48 File 411-17 5-22-48 _Eng 556 in Nenana Flood opposite coaling station 30" inches water over rails at this point_
Negative Nenana "flood" #17 [train partially submerged under water]
Keywords: flood, trains, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1161
Floods (Nenana 5/48) The AuRoRa coming down from Fairbanks on May 22 had to "wade" across track that had disappeared under the water. The train is pulled by a steam engine because of the danger that a diesel would flood out.
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1305
(Cronin#2 "Scurvy Kid" dog team 1919)(dog team service to Fairbanks)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1306
Cronin#8 Limited from Healy arriving at Nenana 1920)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1307
(Cronin #11 Steamer Matanuska from Susitna operating on Tanana River during construction of Tanana River bridge at Nenana)(1922)(EJ Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.1308
(Cronin #12, ARC Loco #6 (ex Panama) being horse-drawn over hills beyond Healy for operation south of Nenana River canyon, 1920-21. E.J. Cronin)
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC