Post by alaskanmohican on Jul 21, 2010 21:30:15 GMT -8
OK, so these are not photos of the ferries themselves, but of the terminals. These are of Auke Bay, Haines and Skagway.
Our terminal buildings in southeast alaska don't have much in the way of differing designs from each other. Though they do vary in the details. Our terminal buildings up in Prince William Sound have more variety to them as they are all newer buildings replacing the old. The current buildings up there being built within the last 10 years or so.
Auke Bay in Juneau.
Auke Bay can handle up three ferries. The ferry on the left is the LeConte with the Fairweather on the right. The third would dock in between the two.
A little history about the Juneau terminal. Juneau originally had two terminals, one in downtown and the other in Auke Bay.
The downtown terminal was used by ferries sailing to or from Petersburg without stopping at Sitka, while the Auke Bay terminal was used by ferries that were making the stop at Sitka. This was done to prevent ferries from having to backtrack around Douglas Island when doing the Sitka run. The downtown terminal was used until about the mid 80's when it was decided to just have one terminal at Auke Bay.
Also when the terminals were first constructed Auke Bay was actually it's own town, now Auke Bay is part of Juneau. This is why when you are traveling onboard an AMHS vessel you will hear announcements about arriving and departing Auke Bay Terminal instead of Juneau.
Moving on to the Haines terminal.
Haines terminal from a distance.
The Skagway terminal.
Our terminal buildings in southeast alaska don't have much in the way of differing designs from each other. Though they do vary in the details. Our terminal buildings up in Prince William Sound have more variety to them as they are all newer buildings replacing the old. The current buildings up there being built within the last 10 years or so.
Auke Bay in Juneau.
Auke Bay can handle up three ferries. The ferry on the left is the LeConte with the Fairweather on the right. The third would dock in between the two.
A little history about the Juneau terminal. Juneau originally had two terminals, one in downtown and the other in Auke Bay.
The downtown terminal was used by ferries sailing to or from Petersburg without stopping at Sitka, while the Auke Bay terminal was used by ferries that were making the stop at Sitka. This was done to prevent ferries from having to backtrack around Douglas Island when doing the Sitka run. The downtown terminal was used until about the mid 80's when it was decided to just have one terminal at Auke Bay.
Also when the terminals were first constructed Auke Bay was actually it's own town, now Auke Bay is part of Juneau. This is why when you are traveling onboard an AMHS vessel you will hear announcements about arriving and departing Auke Bay Terminal instead of Juneau.
Moving on to the Haines terminal.
Haines terminal from a distance.
The Skagway terminal.
