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| Title | A section of the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, ca. 1899 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H. |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Caption | The trek over Chilkoot and White Passes was grueling at best, particularly since gold seekers had to carry a ton or more of food and supplies. In 1898, businessmen got together to build a railroad through White Pass. The terrain and weather made construction very difficult, but the line was completed as far as Lake Bennett in July 1899.
This photo by Frank Nowell shows a section of the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, possibly during the first passenger run from Skagway in 1899. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes; Railroad tracks; Railroads; White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) |
| Places | White Pass Region (Alaska and Yukon) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.13124 |
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| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 1, 444 |
