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Ship Creek Historic Photo Gallery

This is a collection of historic pictures of Ship Creek from the Library of Congress. They show the earliest days of the city of Anchorage, back when the area was still known as Ship Creek. They also show the birth of the Alaskan Railroad. We will place more historic information in the individual pages as research allows.

Ship Creek Historic Picture 1: Mr. Edes, Frank G. Carpenter, Lieut. Mears inspecting the new railroad.	Ship Creek Historic Picture 2: The Alameda docked at Ship Creek to supply the new railway.	Ship Creek Historic Picture 3: Another shot of the Alemeda with a load of railway supplies.
Ship Creek Historic Picture 4: Workers building the new Alaskan Railroad at Ship Creek.	Ship Creek Historic Picture 5: Workers installing the first rails at the creek.	Ship Creek Historic Picture 6: Two of the first homes built at Ship Creek.
Ship Creek Historic Picture 7: The first spike being driven by Babe White	Ship Creek Historic Picture 8: A street scene of new business springing up in the newly founded Anchorage.	Ship Creek Historic Picture 9: Lighters lined up to shuttle supplies to the railroad crews.

All thumbnail images are provided by the Library of Congress photo collection. Please read our Photo Policy for using pictures these photos.

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