A White Pass & Yukon Route train, led by steam locomotives with freight cars trailing, crosses a steel cantilever truss bridge over a rocky gorge, with barren mountains rising behind. The printed caption spells the structure "Cantalever," likely for cantilever. The bridge was built in 1901 for the narrow-gauge line climbing from Skagway toward Whitehorse, a route built during the Klondike gold rush era. It carried trains until a tunnel bypassed it in 1969.
Thin white margin at edges; worn corners and light edge wear; visible halftone/print screen texture in the sky.
No postmark; printed empty stamp box, no stamp applied. Divided back; publisher imprint The Lowman & Hanford Company, Seattle; blank address/message side; toned with stains.
Cite this card
Cantilever Bridge, White Pass & Yukon Route, Alaska, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cantilever-bridge-white-pass-yukon-route-alaska-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
