Copper River and Northwestern Railway

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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway was an early 20th-century Alaskan railroad built primarily to haul copper ore from the remote Kennecott mines to the coastal port of Cordova.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad
freight railroad
railway
abandoned 1938
alsoKnownAs CR&NW Railway NERFINISHED
Copper River and Northwestern Railroad NERFINISHED
builtFor Kennecott Copper Corporation NERFINISHED
builtThrough Copper River Canyon NERFINISHED
glacial terrain
mountainous terrain
closed 1938
commodityCarried concentrated copper
copper ore
completed 1911
connectedToPort Cordova harbor NERFINISHED
constructionBegan 1906
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossesRiver Chitina River NERFINISHED
Copper River NERFINISHED
Kuskulana River NERFINISHED
gauge standard gauge
hasBridge Chitina Bridge NERFINISHED
Kuskulana Bridge NERFINISHED
Miles Glacier Bridge NERFINISHED
Million Dollar Bridge NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Cordova, Alaska NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance enabled large-scale copper mining at Kennecott
major early 20th-century industrial project in Alaska
length approximately 196 miles
locatedIn Alaska
Territory of Alaska NERFINISHED
nickname Can’t Run and Never Will NERFINISHED
opened 1911
owner Kennecott Copper Corporation NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose hauling copper ore
reasonForClosure decline of Kennecott copper deposits
falling copper prices
regionServed Chitina Valley NERFINISHED
Copper River Valley NERFINISHED
Wrangell Mountains NERFINISHED
servedMine Bonanza Mine NERFINISHED
Erie Mine NERFINISHED
Glacier Mine NERFINISHED
Jumbo Mine NERFINISHED
Kennecott Mines NERFINISHED
successorUse roadbed reused for Copper River Highway
roadbed reused for McCarthy Road
terminus Cordova, Alaska NERFINISHED
Kennecott, Alaska NERFINISHED
trackGauge 4 ft 8.5 in

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historic Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark transportLinkedBy Copper River and Northwestern Railway
subject surface form: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark
Chitina, Alaska servedByRailroad Copper River and Northwestern Railway