Mt. McKinley Bank’s Cannon Ball Safe

A round safe, built by the Victor Safe Company around 1895, adorns the 3rd Avenue entrance to Mt. McKinley Bank, (around building edge to the right) a locally owned and operated bank. It is one of the first safes constructed of manganese steel, at a weight of 3,600 pounds, and was consid­ered one of the “safest” safes in the world. It was used by the bank from 1965 until 1972.