Photo: Images from another time Juneau tries fast ferry, 1982

A Boeing jetfoil in Gastineau Channel in August 1982. The jetfoil, brought to Alaska as a fast-ferry demonstration project, sailed Southeast waters for tests, but no ships wereordered. The steel structure at the top of the photo is the center section for the oldDouglas Bridge in storage next to Thane Road.

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Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire