Box PCA0559
Container
Contains 58 Results:
Dewey Rocks Tower May 20, 1914. [Broken tower ladder, Cordova Bay], 1914-05-20
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
1914-05-20
Dewey Rocks Tower May 20, 1914. [Broken tower ladder, Cordova Bay], 1914-05-20
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
1914-05-20
[Man at top of survey tower with sextant?]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Man views top of survey pole with sextant]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Survey or radio tower?]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-25
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
Alice Susitna [Paddle wheeler at shoreline]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[View from water of buildings on shore with mobile survey tents nearby]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Three men stand outside three surveyor’s tents on a grassy hill]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Three surveyor’s tents, flagpole, and survey tripod beside two cabin structures on beach with church building in background]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-29
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914
[Family stands outside tent. Couple with small child standing in a wagon outside a tent. Tent in woods. Fishing gear leaning against tree. Tent has door.]
Item — Box: PCA0559
Identifier: PCA0559-30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A study of the images suggests that these are the photographs of a 1914 surveyor’s trip of the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Thomas Riggs Jr. and two other men surveyed the already existing Alaska Railroad outside Cordova, Alaska, and then the land for a possible expansion. The images suggest the trip started with a voyage off the coast of Oregon and Washington and continued to Cordova Bay, Alaska, with sea passage provided by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1914