Title:
First Ketchikan Municipal Airport, 1929
Photographer:
Elliot L. Fisher
Description:
The City purchased land near the junction of North Tongass Highway and Shoreline Drive to develop as an airport, building a ramp with a winch house. Amphibious planes or seaplanes with floats could ease up to the ramp, hook onto the cable and be winched up to the deck.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 61.8.1.555
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The first Ketchikan airport
The first Ketchikan airport