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Anchorage (maritime) Plan of San Diego Bay in the 1940s, making distinctions between anchorages and moorings. An anchorage is a location at sea where ships can lower anchors . Anchorages are where anchors are lowered and utilised, whereas moorings usually are tethering to buoys or something similar. The locations usually have conditions for ...
In 1964, the largest earthquake in Alaska history destroyed the Port of Seward, a major shipping hub, but did not damage the new Anchorage dock and port significantly. After the disaster, the Port of Anchorage grew into the intermodal transportation hub that today supplies most of Alaskans with bread and milk, gas and oil.
The Port of Alaska (POA) is a deep-water port in Anchorage, Alaska, with three bulk carrier berths, two petroleum berths, and one barge berth. The name was changed from "Port of Anchorage" to the "Port of Alaska" in 2017. It is an enterprise department of the Municipality of Anchorage.
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- Early History
- Cook's Expedition
- Russian Occupation
- Gold Rush
- Alaska Railroad
- Statehood
- Growth and Development
- Recent History
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According to archaeological evidence discovered at Beluga Point along the Turnagain Arm, just south of modern-day Anchorage, the Cook Inlet had been inhabited, at least seasonally, by Alutiiq Eskimos beginning between 5000 and 6000 years ago. This occupation occurred in three separate waves, with the second occurring roughly 4000 years ago, and the...
When Captain James Cook mapped the area in May of 1778, the Chugach people had already abandoned it. On a mission to find the legendary Northwest Passage, Cook was under orders to avoid any obvious rivers or inlets. Upon first sighting the inlet, and the mountains surrounding it on all sides, Cook planned to pass it by, but at the urging of John Go...
Russian presence in south central Alaska was well established in the 19th century. Russian presence in the Cook Inlet was not as extensive as in the Aleutian Islands or the panhandles. The Shelekhov-Golikov Company placed a trading post at Niteh, on a delta between the Knik and Matanuska Rivers. Fierce competition ensued between them and the rival ...
By 1888, gold was discovered along Turnagain Arm at Resurrection Creek, and the small towns of Hope and Sunrise formed. As a new influx of prospectors flooded the area, small amounts of gold were found in several of the other fjords, and small communities such as Indian, Girdwood, and Portage began to spring up in nearly every one. Lumber and coal ...
In 1914, congress passed the Alaska Railroad Act, and the Secretary of the Interior formed the Alaska Engineering Commission, consisting of Thomas Riggs Jr., William C. Edes, and Frederick Mears.The commission hired several survey teams who spent the summer scouting possible routes for a railroad, primarily to bring coal from the mines in Matanuska...
Between the 1930s and 1950s, air transportation became increasingly important. In 1930, Merrill Field replaced the city's original "Park Strip" landing field. By the mid-1930s, Merrill Field was one of the busiest civilian airports in the United States. On December 10, 1951, Anchorage International Airport opened, with transpolar airline traffic fl...
On March 27, 1964, Anchorage was hit by the Good Friday earthquake, which caused significant destruction. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake was the largest ever recorded in North America, and Anchorage lay only 75 miles (121 km) from its epicenter. The earthquake killed 115 people in Alaska, and damage was estimated at over $300 million ($1.8 billion in...
On July 8, 2000, the airport was renamed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in honor of Alaska's longest-serving senator.Although development is filling available space in the "Anchorage bowl"—a local moniker for the city area—significant undeveloped areas still remain, as well as large areas of dedicated parks and greenbelts. On November ...
Sources
1. Naske, Claus M.; Rowinski, Ludwig J. (1981). Anchorage: A Pictorial History. Donning Company. ISBN 0898651069.
Memorial anchor in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland. Massive anchor chain for large ships. The weight of the chain is vital for proper holding of the anchor. [1] An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
Statewide Cargo Transfer Hub. Port of Alaska is our state’s most efficient cargo-handling facility for three reasons: Port of Alaska is at state’s population and business hub. Some 40 percent of Alaskans live in Anchorage and 60 percent of state residents live within a two-hour drive of the port.
