The Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the Million Dollar Bridge, was built in the early 1900s across the Copper River fifty miles from Cordova in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. 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. It earned its nickname because of its $1.4 million cost, well recouped by the about $200 million worth of copper ore which was shipped as a result of its construction.
The Copper River and Northwestern Railway (CR&NW) consisted of two rail lines, the Copper River line and the Northwestern line. Michael James Heney had secured the right-of-way up the Copper River in 1904. He started building the railway from Cordova, Alaska in 1906. The town of Cordova, Alaska, was actually named by Heney on March 13, 1906, based on the original name given by Salvador Fidalgo. Both these railroads were abandoned and little remains of them. A 0-4-0 locomotive, "Ole", located near Goose City on a siding of the Alaska Anthracite Railroad Company is the only equipment left. Many of the holdings of the CR&NW railroad including Ole were acquired for this railroad by Mr. Clark Davis and his partners in 1908 after a major storm destroyed the Katalla area facilities in 1907. The town of Cordova would like to move Ole to a memorial site in Cordova to celebrate its role in these railroads. Ole was declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska. There are approximately 400 listed sites in Alaska. Each of the state's 30 boroughs and census areas has at least two listings on the National Register, except for the Kusilvak Census Area, which has none.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bethel Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Petersburg, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Skagway, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yakutat, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wrangell, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sitka, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Haines Borough, Alaska.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Denali Borough, Alaska.
The Harding Railroad Car is a historically significant Pullman railroad passenger car located at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also called Denali, and designated with equipment number X-336 by the Alaska Railroad, the car was one of three used to carry a delegation that included President Warren G. Harding in 1923 to the Mears Memorial Bridge for a ceremony marking completion of the railroad between Fairbanks and Seward. The car was purchased by the Alaska Railroad in 1923 from the Great Northern Railroad, and was used in its service until 1945. At the urging of the Fairbanks "igloo" (chapter) of the Pioneers of Alaska, the car was restored in 1959–60 and given to the city of Fairbanks. It was placed in Alaskaland in 1967, created to mark the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. It was used for some years as the park's visitor center.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chugach Census Area, Alaska.
