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McCarthy and Kennicott, Alaska


Cable Tram

Till 1997 a hand-pulled cable tram was used to cross the Kennicott River to McCarthy



McCarthy

A once deserted ghost town that started a second life. Now a main summer tourist destination.



Kennicott

One day in 1938 everybody left this copper town, 5 miles from McCarthy. The mill is still there, it's now a National Historic Site.


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