File:Three men with a dead moose, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably Yukon Territory, 1909 (AL+CA 3074).jpg
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English: Three men with a dead moose, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably Yukon Territory, 1909 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Three men with a dead moose, Alaska Midland Railway survey, probably Yukon Territory, 1909 |
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English: This album contains photos from the 1909 survey expedition for the first section of the Alaska Midland Railway line from Haines to the White River, Yukon Territory. PH Coll 230.36a The Alaska Midland Railway a venture of John Rosene, a Seattle entrepreneur, was planned and surveyed to run from the port town of Haines (near Skagway), north through what is now Yukon Territory, ending at Fairbanks, Alaska. Rosene and his team of engineers chose this route because they believed its flat grade and connection of rich mineral, timber, and agricultural lands to the sea would make it a lucrative site. The company's original ambitions included connecting to other railways at Fairbanks and continuing the line westward into Siberia by bridge or tunnel across the Bering Strait. The railway was never completed, however. During World War I, the U.S. government completed a similar railway line from Fairbanks to Seward, Alaska, and the momentum for Rosene's project evaporated. The photographer of this album is unknown, but the 1909 survey team may have included H.R. Robbins, H.P.M. Birkinbine, Steve Sheldon, and Gus Klaney, all of whom were involved in a later survey of the route.
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Depicted place | Yukon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1909 date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Order Number InfoField | AWC3917 |
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