Anchorage Depot Explained

Anchorage
Address:411 West 1st Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Country:United States
Platform:1 side platform 1 Island
Tracks:4
Opened:1942
Rebuilt:1948
Architect:Joseph L. Skoog
Owned:Alaska Railroad
Embedded:
Anchorage Depot
Nocat:yes
Embed:yes
Designated Other1 Name:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Abbr:AHRS
Designated Other1 Color:
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Designated Other1 Number:ANC-00362
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:61.2217°N -149.8906°W
Location:Anchorage, Alaska
Builder:Alaska Railroad, J.B. Warrack Company
Built:1942
Area:less than one acre
Architect:Joseph L. Skoog
Added:August 27, 1999
Refnum:99001027
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
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Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star.[1] The station is a Moderne-style three story concrete building, built in 1942 and enlarged in 1948.

It is located at the base of a hill, below downtown Anchorage. It measures 338feet by 45feet.

In 1999, it was deemed significant in the history of transportation in Alaska and nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot, built of concrete and steel and well-equipped, was held to represent the railroad's transition from wooden structures and equipment inadequate for challenges of the World War II era and since.[2]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999.

It appears that sometime before October 2020, a high platform was built on the third track over from the main depot, thus making this the first train station in Alaska to have a high platform.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Depot Locations . Alaska Railroad . 2015-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151230004415/http://www.alaskarailroad.com/travel/Transit/DepotLocations/tabid/318/Default.aspx . 2015-12-30 . dead .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=99001027}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Anchorage Depot / Alaska Railroad Depot]. National Park Service. July 2, 2016 . James Blasingame . March 24, 1999. with
  3. Web site: Railway. Adventures. ALASKA RAILROAD. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102013603/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Z2pxi5jjk&feature=youtu.be . 2020-11-02 . YouTube.