# Alaskan Engineering Commission

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[Mears Memorial Bridge](/source/Mears_Memorial_Bridge)

Former American federal agency

The **Alaskan Engineering Commission** (AEC) was a U.S. Federal agency, sometimes known by its initials or by alternate spelling **Alaska Engineering Commission**. It was created by the Alaska Railroad Act in 1914 by U.S. President [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson) in order to arrange for the construction of a [railway system in Alaska](/source/Alaska_Railway). [William C. Edes](/source/William_C._Edes) was named chairman, chief engineer Colonel [Frederick Mears](/source/Frederick_Mears). In 1915, the AEC became part of the U.S. [Department of the Interior](/source/Department_of_the_Interior). In 1923, after the railroad began operation and construction was complete, it became the **Alaska Railroad Commission**, later renamed to **The Alaska Railroad**.[1][2]

Among other accomplishments, it designed and/or built a number of works listed on the U.S. [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[3]

Works include:

- [Mears Memorial Bridge](/source/Mears_Memorial_Bridge), built in 1923

- [Alaska Engineering Commission Cottage No. 23](/source/Alaska_Engineering_Commission_Cottage_No._23), 618 Christensen Dr. [Anchorage, Alaska](/source/Anchorage%2C_Alaska), NRHP-listed[3]

- [Alaska Engineering Commission Cottage No. 25](/source/Alaska_Engineering_Commission_Cottage_No._25), 645 W. Third Ave., Anchorage, AK, NRHP-listed[3]

- [Pioneer School House](/source/Pioneer_School_House), 3rd Ave. and Eagle St., Anchorage, AK, NRHP-listed[3]

- [Seward Depot](/source/Seward_Depot), 501 Railway Ave. [Seward, Alaska](/source/Seward%2C_Alaska), NRHP-listed[3]

- [Wasilla Depot](/source/Wasilla_Depot), Parks Highway and Knik Rd. [Wasilla, Alaska](/source/Wasilla%2C_Alaska), NRHP-listed[3]

- [Whitney Section House](/source/Whitney_Section_House), 3400 W. Neuser Dr., Wasilla, AK, NRHP-listed[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-library_1-0)** ["Alaskan Engineering Commission / U.S. Alaska Engineering Commission Photograph Collection, 1916-1919"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140324142802/http://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA131.doc). Alaska library. Archived from [the original](http://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA131.doc) on March 24, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Joshua Bernhardt (1922). [*The Alaskan Engineering Commission: its history, activities, and organization*](https://archive.org/details/alaskanengineeri00bern). D. Appleton.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nris_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-nris_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-nris_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-nris_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-nris_3-6) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). July 9, 2010.

### External links

- [Alaska Engineering Commission Photograph Collection](http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/search/collection/alaskawcanada/searchterm/ph%20Coll%20495*/field/descri/mode/all/conn/and/order/admin/ad/asc/cosuppress/0) - University of Washington Digital Collection

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