Miles 18-20 End Of Tangent And Alaganik

The 1915 Alaska Engineering Commission report says, "It crosses the flats between Miles 12 and 19 and reaches the delta of the Copper River at mile 20." The end of the 11 mile tangent at mile 18 is shown in a photo from the 1915 report:

A construction photo at mile 20 shows pile drivers at work:

The CR&NW had both railroad type pile drivers typical of the period and cruder versions like these that rode on skids. Photos will show this style in use, often in pairs, throughout the construction of the line. The 1908 photo below shows a work train at mile 20, not long after the photo above was taken:

The loco is one of six Alco 0-4-0T construction dinkies used on the line. The rest of the train is a rag-tag group of dump cars and flats carrying gravel, ties, rail, stringers, and trestle piles. Some of the flats are, again, the ubiquitous steel cars.

Here is a postcard view of the Alaganik station not long after construction was complete. The buildings seem to be tentlike hybrids.

A later view shows the Alaganik station sign, 20.9 miles from Cordova:

And here is the Alaganik water tank:

I think the loco is one of the 70-class 2-8-2s, and it is probably new, which makes the photo about 1915.