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B1995.010.5774
Tunnel, Easter [train at Tunnel in snowstorm, station platform at left. Has neg dated 5/27/46. Cf. .6095
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5777
Tunnel, Easter [view from top of railroad car approaching Tunnel station in winter. Has neg dated 5/27/46
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5779
[Tunnel station in winter, with sign ‘Tunnel, Altitude 491 Ft.’ Has neg dated 5/27/46. Cf. .241]
Collection: B1995.010
B2016.019.1.06f.06610.33
A.R.R. Tunnel Whittier construction [Construction], 1988
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Construction, People, Alaska Railroad, ARR
Collection: B2016.019
AEC.AN16
North Portal Tunnel No.2_ Mile 52 A.N.Ry
Keywords: transportation, trains, construction
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1994.009a.wpyrtunnel
889. Tunnel on White Pass and Yukon R.R. Alaska
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B1989.016.576
A-71. Snow-bound, Tunnel, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [snow on cabin. Tunnel was a siding along the Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
AEC.TT204
T204 Tunnel #1 South End 2, 17 21 L.N.[6 men standing on a makeshift scaffolding outlining the beginnings of tunnel #1]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1979.002.5904
From label: Tunnel holing thru ceremonies - 12; Climbing over debris after final blast, ARR Cut off, Alaska 11/20/42 [Whittier Tunnel; men wearing helmets, one wearing garrison cap, walk through tunnel]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.8253
Ceremonies (Whittier Tunnel) Holing through 11-20-42
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.010.5784
[George holding skis standing outside Tunnel station in winter, with sign ‘Tunnel, Altitude 491 Ft.’ Has neg dated 5/27/46. Cf. .5779]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.168
64. Tunnel in Keystone Canyon. Thomas Riggs Jr. [view across river to tunnel entrance at base of mountains on far side, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.998
L134 Enroute eastward towards Whittier, Alaska (Whittier Tunnel) [Alaska Railroad tunnel entrance, tracks, structure at far right, steel drums (containers)]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.G1479
A view of the railroad from mile 52 looking north towards Whittier and the tunnel.
Keywords: railroad, horses, engineer
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1995.010.5781
[view along track through tunnel in winter. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6095
[train at Tunnel in snowstorm, station platform at left, 1940s. Cf. .5774]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6097
5/27/46 [man standing next to rotary snowplow in yard, possibly at Tunnel]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.83
Tunnel No. 4, Mile 53 A. N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [view down Alaska Northern Railway tracks to tunnel entrance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.114
6C. South Portal Tunnel No. 3. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.116
2C. South Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.118
10B. North Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.119
3C. South Portal Tunnel No. 4. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1979.002.Album1.124
6B. South Portal Tunnel No. 7. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1995.010.5772
[winter view from platform of rotary snowplow and other equipment at Tunnel. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6096
[men walking next to train at Tunnel in snowstorm, station platform at left, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.113
5B. South Portal A. N. Tunnel No. 6. C. R. Breck [railroad tracks leading into tunnel entrance, Alaska Northern Railway Route, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1998.014.1.999
L135 Leaving Whittier to points west on the Alaska Railroad. [view from inside tunnel, tracks, ladder on wall, structure to left outside tunnel, possibly Portage Lake, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1995.010.5778
[view from top of railroad car approaching Tunnel station in winter. Has neg dated 5/27/46
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.5899
From label: Tunnel holing thru ceremonies - 9 Maj. Gen. Buckner throwing swich for final blastl ARR Cut-off, Al. 11/20/42. [stamped:] confidential [from verso:] Ceremonies (Whittier Tunnel; Signal Corps U.S. Army official photograph (4x5 copy neg) [men at entrance of railroad tunnel; snow.]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.010.5775
[bird’s eye view of rotary snowplow in yard at Tunnel, snow fleet. Has neg dated 5/27/46
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5780
Tunnel, Easter [bird’s eye view of track covered with snow in winter. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.Album1.57
South portal, 2nd tunnel A.N. Ry. Eugene Underwood [view down railroad tracks to tunnel entrance, wooden suspension pedestrian bridge at upper right, railroad exploration, circa 1914. original image blurry]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1990.014.004.permafrosttunnel.large
A permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. Cold weather engineers study ice lenses.[medium format slide]
Keywords: science, research
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
AEC.G1483
A.E.C. G1483 View Showing South End Portals of Tunnels No. 2 & 3. Oct. 8/1919 HGK
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1989.016.626
Mile 52, The McKinley Park Route. Bragaw [Alaska Railroad Engine No. 606 at siding north of Tunnel, Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.5763
Tunnel, Easter [scenic of Loop District, with curved section of wooden trestle bridge in distance. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5773
[men walking along track next to train at Tunnel in snowstorm, station platform at left. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.5897
Major Gen Buckner throwing switch for final blast. ARR Cut-off 11/20/42 Ceremonies (Whittier Tunnel) Signal Corps
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.010.5782
Tunnel, Easter [man walking next to track in yard, station at left, rotary snowplow in background. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5793
Tunnel, Easter [winter scenic, ski poles in snow in foreground, wooden trestle bridge in distance. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5786
[view down track to Tunnel station in winter, man standing next to track in yard possibly George. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1996.014.265
75. W.P. & Y. Ry. Tunnel Mountain. W.P. Co., Juneau [White Pass and Yukon Route train in pass]
Collection: B1996.014
B1998.014.1.1047
(M9 gold mining in Alaska) [mining operation, infrastructure, dragline, structures, conveyor, roads, tunnels, automobiles, possibly dredge parts]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1962.001A.393
A.N. Railway trestle Spencer Glacier flats, Alaska, from last tunnel. P.S. Hunt, G4206 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Spencer Glacier, Glaceri, Flats, Tunnel, Railroad
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1962.001A.395
The first tunnel, mile 47, A.N. Railway, showing the first loop. P.S. Hunt, G4214 [Alaska Northern Railway; Alaska Railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Northern Railway, AK Northern Railway, AN Railway, A.N. Railway, Railroad, Tunnel, Mountain, Range
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1979.002.5895
From label: Tunnel holing thru ceremonies - 4; Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner and party entering tunnel for ceremonies [stamped:] confidential [from verso:] 11/20/42; Ceremonies (Whittier Tunnes); 4x5 copy neg; Signal Corps U.S. Army Official Photograph [men wearing overcoats, helmets, headlamps]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1964.001.555
(30' feet of snow){two men standing, one on the shoulder of the other, in front of a tunnel next to a 30 foot snow berm carved out by snow plow}
Keywords: winter, tunnel, snow, train tracks, transportation
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban