Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921

Caption on image: Looking south-showing ditch after blasting. PH Coll 607.7 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this dama...

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Ice > Alaska > Nome
Nome
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2517 2023-05-15T17:23:55+02:00 Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Nome 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2517 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3363 UW22182z http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2517 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Photographs of Work on Nome Harbor During Break-Up. PH Coll 607 Ice--Alaska--Nome Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Caption on image: Looking south-showing ditch after blasting. PH Coll 607.7 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this damage from occurring, explosives are used to break up the ice and create pathways in which the ice can travel. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
topic_facet Ice--Alaska--Nome
description Caption on image: Looking south-showing ditch after blasting. PH Coll 607.7 In the spring, frozen ice begins to break up opening waterways in Alaska waters. This thawed ice can cause damage to the natural environment, man made water channels, piers, seawalls and riverbanks. To help prevent this damage from occurring, explosives are used to break up the ice and create pathways in which the ice can travel.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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title Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
title_short Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
title_full Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
title_fullStr Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
title_full_unstemmed Two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in Nome Harbor Alaska, 1921
title_sort two men working in ice ditch during the breakup of ice in nome harbor alaska, 1921
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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Alaska
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Photographs of Work on Nome Harbor During Break-Up. PH Coll 607
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC3363
UW22182z
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2517
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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