WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Gastineau Peak on Mt. Roberts, a Steam Power Plant, and a Dock Just left of center is Gastineau Peak (3,666 ft.). The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. (AJ) Auxiliary Steam Power Plant built in A.D. 1916 is at the lower left. Along the shore of Gastineau Channel at the Juneau harbor …
Continue reading "Gastineau Peak on Mt. Roberts, a Steam Power Plant, and a Dock"
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Governor’s Mansion – Juneau, Alaska In 1912 work was started on the three floor (plus basement), 12,900 square foot residence on Calhoun Avenue. $40,000 was appropriated for its construction at the former site of a dairy farm established by the Calhoun family. Mt. Juneau is in the background and the …
Continue reading "The Governor’s Mansion – Juneau, Alaska"
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Point Retreat Lighthouse – Looking Southwest from Saginaw Channel Alaska Lighthouse Association :: The Chilkat Mountains are in the background. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, September 14, 2007, © 2008
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The State Office Building To the lower left of the State Office Building is the 400 Willoughby Center; at its upper right is the Court Plaza Building. The Prospector Hotel and Gastineau Channel are in the foreground. At the upper left of the picture from left to right (in the shadows) …
Continue reading "The State Office Building"
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Juneau Federal Building with Mt. Juneau Behind The sun came out in the late evening and bathed downtown Juneau and the clouds with an orange glow after a day in which the highest rain rate (of 6.40″ per hour) was recorded at the West Juneau Weather Station since the Davis …
Continue reading "Juneau Federal Building"