Seward's Success, Alaska
Seward's Success, Alaska | |
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Unbuilt Community | |
Coordinates: 61°15′1.23″N 149°59′29.21″W / 61.2503417°N 149.9914472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Matanuska-Susitna |
Named for | William Seward |
Seward's Success was a planned community proposed for Point MacKenzie, north of Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The megaproject was to be fully enclosed by a dome spanning the Knik Arm and holding a community of 40,000 residents,[1] with ample residential, office, recreational and commercial space. It was proposed in 1968 after the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay and scuttled in 1972 by a delay to the development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Its name alludes to "Seward's Folly", an epithet flung at Secretary of State William H. Seward for the 1867 Alaskan Purchase.
History
The plan for constructing Seward's Success developed after the January 1968 discovery of
Transportation between Seward's Success and downtown Anchorage would be accomplished initially by way of a high-speed
The temperature would have been controlled at 68 °F (20 °C) year round.[4] The shell would have been composed of glass designed to work like a greenhouse in maintaining the temperature.[5] Energy to power the community would be generated through natural gas available on-site.[1]
Physical construction of the community would commence in 1970 with the completion of a
See also
- Knik Arm Bridge - Controversial proposed bridge to cross the Knik Arm between Anchorage and the proposed location of Seward's Success.
- Arcology
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Davis, Jim (March 1970), "An entire city under glass", Popular Science, pp. 74–75, retrieved January 27, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Porco, Peter (November 3, 2002). "City of tomorrow a failed dream of yesterday - Thinking big: Domed suburb across Knik Arm was planned in detail". Anchorage Daily News. p. B3.
- ^ Staff Reporters (September 14, 1969). "L.A. Concern to Plan New City in Alaska". Los Angeles Times. p. 1J.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9800825-3-1.
- ^ ISBN 0915250187.