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On verso of image: Seward Harbor, from the town, looking [south] toward the entrance. At the right on the low land at foot of mountain is a reserve for U.S. Coaling station, and farther toward the entrance was the shipyard of the Russians from 1792 to 1834. Photo by C.L. Andrews, Seattle, Wash., 180...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/804 2023-05-15T17:04:38+02:00 Seward harbor Andrews, Clarence Leroy, 1862-1948 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Seward 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. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/804 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0338 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/804 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 Clarence Leroy Andrews Photograph Collection. PH 520 Harbors--Alaska--Seward Wooden buildings--Alaska--Seward Tree stumps--Alaska--Seward Seward (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:04Z On verso of image: Seward Harbor, from the town, looking [south] toward the entrance. At the right on the low land at foot of mountain is a reserve for U.S. Coaling station, and farther toward the entrance was the shipyard of the Russians from 1792 to 1834. Photo by C.L. Andrews, Seattle, Wash., 1802 E. 73rd St. Seward is situated on Resurrection Bay on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, 125 highway miles south of Anchorage. It lies at the foot of Mount Marathon, and is the gateway to the Kenai Fjords National Park. Resurrection Bay was named in 1792 by Russian fur trader and explorer Alexander Baranof. While sailing from Kodiak to Yakutat, he found unexpected shelter in this bay for a storm. He named the Bay Resurrection because it was the Russian Sunday of the Resurrection. The City of Seward was named for U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, 1861-69, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia during the Lincoln administration. In the 1890s, Capt. Frank Lowell arrived with his family. In 1903, John and Frank Ballaine and a group of settlers arrived to begin construction of a railroad. Seward became an incorporated City in 1912. The Alaska Railroad was constructed between 1915 and 1923, and Seward developed as the ocean terminus and supply center. By 1960, Seward was the largest community on the Peninsula. Tsunamis generated after the 1964 earthquake destroyed the railroad terminal and killed several residents. As an ice-free harbor, Seward has become an important supply center for Interior Alaska. Other/Unknown Material Kodiak Yakutat Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage |
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On verso of image: Seward Harbor, from the town, looking [south] toward the entrance. At the right on the low land at foot of mountain is a reserve for U.S. Coaling station, and farther toward the entrance was the shipyard of the Russians from 1792 to 1834. Photo by C.L. Andrews, Seattle, Wash., 1802 E. 73rd St. Seward is situated on Resurrection Bay on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, 125 highway miles south of Anchorage. It lies at the foot of Mount Marathon, and is the gateway to the Kenai Fjords National Park. Resurrection Bay was named in 1792 by Russian fur trader and explorer Alexander Baranof. While sailing from Kodiak to Yakutat, he found unexpected shelter in this bay for a storm. He named the Bay Resurrection because it was the Russian Sunday of the Resurrection. The City of Seward was named for U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, 1861-69, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia during the Lincoln administration. In the 1890s, Capt. Frank Lowell arrived with his family. In 1903, John and Frank Ballaine and a group of settlers arrived to begin construction of a railroad. Seward became an incorporated City in 1912. The Alaska Railroad was constructed between 1915 and 1923, and Seward developed as the ocean terminus and supply center. By 1960, Seward was the largest community on the Peninsula. Tsunamis generated after the 1964 earthquake destroyed the railroad terminal and killed several residents. As an ice-free harbor, Seward has become an important supply center for Interior Alaska. |
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