File:Campsite at Mosquito Flats on the Alsek River, Alaska Midland Railway survey, British Columbia, October 26, 1909 (AL+CA 3059).jpg
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English: Campsite at Mosquito Flats on the Alsek River, Alaska Midland Railway survey, British Columbia, October 26, 1909 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Campsite at Mosquito Flats on the Alsek River, Alaska Midland Railway survey, British Columbia, October 26, 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 230.25a 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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English: Canada--British Columbia--Mosquito Flats |
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Date | Taken on 26 October 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Order Number InfoField | AWC3902 |
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