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McCarthy & Kennicott: The great Guggenheim financial empire spared no expense in buying and transporting glass windows to the Kennicott Mines in the Alaska wilderness.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The Kuskulana Bridge was originally built in 1910. It is still used for car traffic on the McCarthy Road.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The Long Lake "post office" on the road to McCarthy.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Close up view of the Gilahina Trestle on the road to McCarthy. The train once traveled over the tracks.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The log Gilahina Trestle on the McCarthy Road at Mile 29.3.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The McCarthy Road follows an old railroad bed. Occasionally, railroad spikes and nails still come up through the washboarding, and into tires.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: On a wood floor of a Kennicott Mine building in Alaska, a pamphlet that's over 70 years old encourages the production of copper.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: When you arrive at the footbridge at the end of the McCarthy Road, it'll be easy to find a shuttle (though these may not be current prices.)
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Travelers cross the Kennicott River at the end of the McCarthy Road on a footbridge. Then they hire a shuttle to walk to the town and mines.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The McCarthy Lodge, like lodges all over Alaska, is practically synonymous with the surrounding town.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Old-style buildings of a traditional "American" style in McCarthy.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Buckboards, historic buildings, and memories of life in old Alaska at McCarthy.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The front wheels of this vintage wagon in McCarthy are smaller for easier maneuverability.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Main street in McCarthy in the summertime.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Ma Johnson"s Hotel dates back to the 1920's.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Clapboard, lots of window panes, and other amenities in old-time McCarthy.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The town of McCarthy is a railroad town something like Talkeetna, on the Parks Highway. But it's like Talkeetna 50 years ago, due to its isolation.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Azurite and malachite at the Bonanza copper mine in the Wrangell Mountains of the Copper River Valley.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Raw copper ore from the Kennicott Mines, which were operated by the Guggenheims from 1914 to 1938 in the Alaska wilderness.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: "Kennicott" is the name of the town. "Kennecott" is the name of the mining company, which was based in New York, and spelled the name wrong.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The U.S. Post Office was one of the first federal services in Alaska.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The National Park Service owns the buildings at Kennecott Mines, and has been restoring them.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: A mine building after renovation by the National Park Service.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: The complexity of this group of buildings, built and maintained in the Alaska wilds, has not been duplicated in modern time.
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McCarthy & Kennecott: Rafters take off from the bank of the river with professional guides at Kennicott.
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Guided hikers on the Kennicott Glacier. (Photo, Robert Gaucher)
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McCarthy & Kennicott: Guided hike on Kennicott Glacier. (Photo, Kennicott Glacier Lodge)