Railway demolition unearths new discoveries from World War II
Unalaska’s marine railway stands half-demolished in December. The WWII structure has since been leveled, about 75 years after it was built.
(Photo: Laura Kraegel/KUCB)About 75 years ago, the U.S. Navy built a marine railway in Unalaska. It was basically an underwater railroad that helped the military haul boats out of the Bering Sea during World War II.
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Since then, the railway has slowly gone to seed and recently, it was demolished for good.
Unalaska’s small boat harb
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