Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921

Caption on mount: Showing channel clearing. PH Coll 607.22 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...

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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2526 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 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/2526 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3372 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2526 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 Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome Ice--Alaska--Nome Channels--Alaska--Nome Thawing--Alaska--Nome Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Caption on mount: Showing channel clearing. PH Coll 607.22 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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topic Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome
Ice--Alaska--Nome
Channels--Alaska--Nome
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
spellingShingle Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome
Ice--Alaska--Nome
Channels--Alaska--Nome
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
topic_facet Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome
Ice--Alaska--Nome
Channels--Alaska--Nome
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
description Caption on mount: Showing channel clearing. PH Coll 607.22 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.
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title Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_short Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_fullStr Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full_unstemmed Man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_sort man-made channel cut into ice during the breakup of ice in nome harbor, alaska, spring of 1921
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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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
AWC3372
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2526
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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