Tagged: Alaska. Alaska Engineering Commission

AEC cottage 25,, one of 33 cottages built in Anchorage in 1915-16 for AEC (later Alaska Railroad) employees

Historic cottages in Anchorage spotlight Alaska Engineering Commission’s role as landlord

The U.S. Congress passed The Alaska Railroad Act in March 1914, authorizing construction of a federally-owned railway from an ice-free port on Alaska’s southern coast to Fairbanks in the territory’s Interior. President Woodrow Wilson...