Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
97.10.020
Accession#:
97.10
Credit Line:
Donated by Joeann Mielke.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
"Log Bridge At Mendenhall Glacier" Photograph
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
1/1/1915 0:00:00
Description:
Horizontal black and white photo of log bridge, single arch, 4 piers over Mendenhall River. Riverbed visible in foreground; glacier, snow covered mountains in background. Photo varies from all previous ones by size and wider white border, possibly earlier photo.

Post between bridge pillars is also in the 1909 winter and pond photo of the bridge. Post added because bridge was sagging.
Notes:
See 97.10.001

Built in 1903; unknown date of collaspe. Superintendant Day of Mansfield Mine built it for $700.
Search Terms:
Transportation
Mendenhall
Glacier
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"Log Bridge At Mendenhall Glac
"Log Bridge At Mendenhall Glac