Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921

Caption on mount: Blast in ice on bar alongside jetty. PH Coll 607.24 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 fro...

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Waterfronts > Alaska > Nome
Ice > Alaska > Nome
Thawing > Alaska > Nome
Nome
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2527 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Explosion of ice alongside a jetty 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/2527 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3373 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2527 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 Thawing--Alaska--Nome Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Caption on mount: Blast in ice on bar alongside jetty. PH Coll 607.24 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
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
spellingShingle Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome
Ice--Alaska--Nome
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
topic_facet Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome
Ice--Alaska--Nome
Thawing--Alaska--Nome
description Caption on mount: Blast in ice on bar alongside jetty. PH Coll 607.24 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 Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_short Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_fullStr Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_full_unstemmed Explosion of ice alongside a jetty during the breakup of ice in Nome harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1921
title_sort explosion of ice alongside a jetty 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
AWC3373
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2527
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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