Alaska Transportation Company

Alaska Transportation Company was founded on April 5, 1898, in Seattle, Washington by Andrew F. Burleigh (1846–1907) and George W. Dickinson.

[1] Both Andrew F. Burleigh and George W. Dickinson had previously worked for the Northern Pacific Railway as attorneys.

Andrew F. Burleigh had a short law partnership with James B. Metcalfe and Charles W. Turner.

Captain James Griffiths worked at Alaska Transportation Company before starting his own firm James Griffiths & Sons, Inc.[2] In 1896 Andrew F. Burleigh founded the Yukon Company to operate ships and barges on the Yukon River.

[4] Alaska Transportation Company fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort.