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English: Terminus of portage tramway company at Miles Canyon Landing, Yukon Territory, 1899.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Terminus of portage tramway company at Miles Canyon Landing, Yukon Territory, 1899.
Description
English: Caption on image: "Miles Canyon Dock"

Probaby the Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company used for portaging around the Whitehorse Rapids on the Yukon River.

PH Coll 246.22

[Meed journal: "Miles Canyon Dock, 1899. Shows the horse drawn trucks with wheels flanged to suit the round logs or rails."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Portages--Yukon--Miles Canyon; Horse railroads--Yukon--Miles Canyon; Rivers--Yukon
  • Subjects (LCSH): Freight and freightage--Yukon--Miles Canyon; Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Depicted place Miles Canyon
Date 1899
date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
21
Source
English: William E. Meed Collection
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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MEE187

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