File:Miles Glacier Bridge known as the Million Dollar Bridge, ca 1910 (HEGG 804).jpeg

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English: Miles Glacier Bridge known as the Million Dollar Bridge, ca. 1910   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 / 17 September 1867 / 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 13 December 1947 / 13 December 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bollnäs San Diego
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5385972
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English: Miles Glacier Bridge known as the Million Dollar Bridge, ca. 1910
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English: Construction photographs of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway along the Copper River from 1906-1911. The techniques developed by Erastus Hawkins for setting the foundations and steel work for the bridge became standards for future Arctic construction and have been studied by other engineers assigned to major Arctic engineering projects. The bridge was completed in the summer of 1910. Caption on image: E.A. Hegg 388. Miles Glacier Bridge. Copper River & Northwestern Railway, Alaska PH Coll 375.100
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad bridges--Alaska--Miles Glacier; Rivers--Alaska
  • Subjects (LCSH): Miles Glacier Bridge (Alaska); Copper River (Alaska)
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English: United States--Alaska--Miles Glacier
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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The author died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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