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Increasing vegetation on river bars at Riley Creek: 1922-2016
A photo pair showing Increasing vegetation on river bars at Riley Creek: 1922-2016
In the photograph 1922 of the Riley Creek bridge above the Nenana River, a great deal of human disturbance is apparent. By 1921, Camp Riley (visible in the middle of the photo) was supporting over 120 railroad workers. This photograph documents the completion of this section of the Alaska Railroad, and the worker’s camp was swiftly abandoned after 1922. By the time the 2016 photo was taken, the camp has been completely overgrown. Likewise, the area along the railroad littered with spruce stumps has been revegetated. In the 1950s, the wooden trestle was removed, the railroad hauling in tons of rock and earth to extend the bluff and replace the wooden supports with steel and concrete. The hillsides above the gorge in 1922 are sparsely populated with spruce. This area Post fire recovery.
Original year: 1922; Rephoto year: 2016
U.S. National Park Service
Photos and photo pairs are pre-approved for educational use ONLY. To use them in educational products, credit them the same way as they are credited on the website, Photo Credit: Original photographer: H.G. Kaiser (Alaska Engineering Commission Collection, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center); Rephoto photographer: Jedediah Brodie. For any other use beyond education, contact Denali National Park and Preserve for additional copyright information on specific images of interest.
Original photographer: H.G. Kaiser (Alaska Engineering Commission Collection, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center); Rephoto photographer: Jedediah Brodie
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Denali National Park and Preserve, Code: DENA
Riley Creek, Alaska Range mountains, Alaska
Latitude: 63.726633, Longitude: -148.9134
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Latitude: 63.3182792663574, Longitude: -150.602905273438
Latitude: 63.726633, Longitude: -148.9134
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Latitude: 63.3182792663574, Longitude: -150.602905273438
2018/01/17
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Organization: US National Park Service
Address: Denali National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, Denali Park, AK 99755
Organization: US National Park Service
Address: Denali National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, Denali Park, AK 99755
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