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Divide Creek Bridge, Spanning Divide Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Divide Creek Bridge, Spanning Divide Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Divide Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Ro...

Significance: Bridalveil Creek Bridge is one of two "rustic style" park bridges which appear to be of log construction. Actually, the structure has a steel I-beam and reinforced concrete deck, and the logs onl... More

West Side Tunnel, On Going-to-the-Sun Road Northeast of West Glacier Entrance, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

West Side Tunnel, On Going-to-the-Sun Road Northeast of West Glacier E...

Significance: The West Side Tunnel is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is significa... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...

Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, West Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, West Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier ...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-B Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Three Bears Lake & Dams, East Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, East Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier ...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-A Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glac...

Significance: The dam was an earthen dam/wooden pipe water collection/distribution system that serviced locomotives for the Great Northern Railroad. Survey number: HAER MT-88 Building/structure dates: 1902 In... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road System Details, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road System Details, West Glacier, Flathead County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HAER MT-67-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000345

Three Bears Lake & Dams, West Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, West Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier ...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-B Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Ro...

Significance: Bridalveil Creek Bridge is one of two "rustic style" park bridges which appear to be of log construction. Actually, the structure has a steel I-beam and reinforced concrete deck, and the logs onl... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three Bears Lake & Dams, East Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, East Dam, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier ...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-A Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

East Side Tunnel, Through Piegan Mountain at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

East Side Tunnel, Through Piegan Mountain at Going-to-the-Sun Road, We...

Significance: The East Side Tunnel is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is significa... More

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...

Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Ro...

Significance: Bridalveil Creek Bridge is one of two "rustic style" park bridges which appear to be of log construction. Actually, the structure has a steel I-beam and reinforced concrete deck, and the logs onl... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glac...

Significance: The dam was an earthen dam/wooden pipe water collection/distribution system that serviced locomotives for the Great Northern Railroad. Survey number: HAER MT-88 Building/structure dates: 1902 In... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier County, MT

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glac...

Significance: The dam was an earthen dam/wooden pipe water collection/distribution system that serviced locomotives for the Great Northern Railroad. Survey number: HAER MT-88 Building/structure dates: 1902 In... More

Logan Creek Bridge, Spanning Logan Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Logan Creek Bridge, Spanning Logan Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, Wes...

Significance: The Logan Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, and is one of the oldest existing bridges on t... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glacier County, MT

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

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