Kennecott Tramways: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Region 11 Park Cultural Landscapes Program. 2015. Kennecott Tramways: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 975582. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. NPS Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, Alaska / CRIS-CL Database
Inventory Unit Description: The Kennecott Aerial Tramways cultural landscape is located within the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark (NHL) in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The boundaries of the inventory unit encompass 3,715 acres surrounding the Bonanza, Glacier, Jumbo, and Erie aerial tramways on the west face of Bonanza Ridge. The Kennecott Aerial Tramways cultural landscape contains the remnants of the aerial tramway system on Bonanza Ridge. This includes but is not limited to towers, junction and angle stations, breakovers, tension stations, and a wide variety of equipment and objects that maintain a strong association with the Kennecott Mines. The Kennecott Aerial Tramways cultural landscape is individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A at the National level and its areas of significance are industry and transportation. The historic significance of the Kennecott Aerial Tramways landscape resides in its association with the historic development, decline, and abandonment of the Kennecott Mines which were designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1986. The period of significance for the Kennecott Aerial Tramways begins in 1908 with the construction of the Bonanza Tramway and ends in 1938 with the closure of the Kennecott Mines and subsequent abandonment of the tramways.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Region 11 Park Cultural Landscapes Program
- Date of Issue
- 2015-07-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- AKR , WRST
- Keywords
- aerial tramway, Bonanza Ridge, Bonanza tramway, historic vernacular landscape, industry, Kennecott Mines, Kennecott Mines Company, mining operations, National Historic Landmark, transportation, transportation network