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  2. Copper River and Northwestern Railway - Wikipedia

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    HAER No. AK-10, "Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova", 17 photos, 4 color transparencies, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. AK-15, " Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Gilahina Bridge, Mile 28.5, McCarthy Road, Chitina ", 5 photos, 1 color transparency, 1 data ...

  3. Copper River Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Copper River Highway begins at the Alaska Marine Highway ferry terminal in Cordova. From there, the highway proceeds through central Cordova, intersecting several small roads and passing residential and commercial buildings. [3] The road exits Cordova, and passes the large Eyak Lake, proceeding to the Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport. [3]

  4. Copper River (Alaska) - Wikipedia

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    The Copper River rises out of the Copper Glacier, which lies on the northeast side of Mount Wrangell, in the Wrangell Mountains, within Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park. [7] It begins by flowing almost due north in a valley that lies on the east side of Mount Sanford , and then turns west, forming the northwest edge of the Wrangell Mountains ...

  5. Miles Glacier Bridge - Wikipedia

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    It is a multiple-span Pennsylvania truss bridge which completed a 196-mile (315 km) railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built by J. P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family to haul copper from the old mining town of Kennicott, now located within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, to the port of Cordova.

  6. Cordova, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Cordova proper was founded as a result of the discovery of high-grade copper ore at Kennecott, north of Cordova. A group of surveyors from Valdez laid out a town site and Michael James Heney purchased half the land for the terminus of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway after determining that the neighboring town of Katalla was a poor ...

  7. McCarthy Road - Wikipedia

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    McCarthy Road starts at the end of the Edgerton Highway in Chitina. The road is gravel-surfaced, and often very rough with many washboards and sharp turns. The route follows the railbed of the defunct Copper River and Northwestern Railway, and utilizes the spectacular Kuskulana Bridge, built in 1910, spanning 238 feet (73 m) high above the Kuskulana River at mile 17.

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