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NENANA SEESEIRST SPIKEIN NEW ROADMRS. JAMES DUKE PIONEERWHITE WOMAN OF NENANA DRIVES FIRST RAILROAD SPIKE AMIDST PLAUDITS OF THE POPULACE.MARKS UKGINXIXG OF CONSTKl l i h nMOVING PICTURE OF THE SPIKE DRIVING EVENT AT NENANA WAS TAKEN—COMMISSIONERTHOMAS RIGGS CONGRATULATES MRS. DUKE.NENANA. Uct. -1. Ai 10 o’clock Iliis* morning the first spike in Hope, mum-nt track ol the new • m inviit lailroad ai Nomina was driven Tin* lionoi of driving the first spik* was aeeordi-d to Mrs. .Lillies Duke, iho piom **r whit** winuan ol N» liana Immediately nftei the ceremony. «*i wliiC'li a motion picture was taken Thomas Uiggs. Jr.. tin* iinmbei «i i In- Alaskan Engineering commission who is in charge of all ol tin* guv eminent railroad work in Interior Alaska, shook hands with Mrs. Duke, while the whole town ol Nenana, in eluding the government employees in m nearbv railroad eaiups. stoodb\ and Iou«ll applauded It tookeighteen strokes to drive the spike This is the first spike to be driven m a standard gauge railroad in Interior Alaska. The event is therefore of considerable importance to this part of the country, as it marks tie- beginning ot construction work on the Alaska government railroad in the Interior.The new road is in front of the warehouses along the wharf.
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Fairbanks Alaska Citizen
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Mon, Oct 23, 1916
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