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| Keywords: Woman driving the first spike in the construction of the Alaska Railroad, Ship Creek, 1915 (THWAITES 212).jpeg Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Driving The First Spike April 29 1915 Gov't Railroad Ship Creek PH Coll 247 465<br/>In 1915 President Woodrow Wilson authorized funds for the construction of the Alaska Railroad Ship Creek Landing was selected as the headquarters of this effort coordinated by the fledgling Alaskan Engineering Commission A Tent City sprang up in the wilderness at the mouth of Ship Creek and soon swelled to a population of over 2 000 On July 9 1915 the Anchorage townsite auction was held and over 600 lots in a fixed grid were sold for approximately 150 000 Although the area had been known by various names in this same year the U S Post Office Department formalized the use of the name Anchorage and despite some protests the name stuck The woman driving the spike has been identified as Miss White Subjects LCTGM Railroad tracks--Alaska--Anchorage; Women--Alaska--Anchorage Subjects LCSH Nails and spikes--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad construction workers--Alaska--Anchorage depicted place United States--Alaska--Ship Creek 1915 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 212 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW240 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Rail tracks Women 1915 in Alaska April 1915 Rail transport construction sites Rail construction in the United States Alaska Railroad 1915 in construction | ||||
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