Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912
Caption on image: The Wharf, Cordova, Alaska PH Coll 247.459 Cordova is located at the southeastern end of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska. The community was built on Orca Inlet, at the base of Eyak Mountain. It lies 52 air miles southeast of Valdez and 150 miles southeast of Anchorage. T...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
1912
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/131 |
id |
ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/131 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/131 2023-05-15T15:26:10+02:00 Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division United States--Alaska--Cordova circa 1912 Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/131 unknown John E. Thwaites Photographs THW239 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.459 2115 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/131 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ 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 John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247 Cordova (Alaska) Cities and towns--Alaska Harbors--Alaska--Cordova Piers & wharves--Alaska--Cordova Railroad tracks--Alaska--Cordova Shipa--Alaska--Cordova Orca Inlet (Alaska) Photograph; image 1912 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-17T00:05:30Z Caption on image: The Wharf, Cordova, Alaska PH Coll 247.459 Cordova is located at the southeastern end of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska. The community was built on Orca Inlet, at the base of Eyak Mountain. It lies 52 air miles southeast of Valdez and 150 miles southeast of Anchorage. The area has historically been the home to Aleuts, with the addition of migrating Athabascan and Tlingit natives who called themselves Eyaks. Alaskan Natives of other descents also settled in Cordova. Orca Inlet was originally named "Puerto Cordova" by Don Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. One of the first producing oil fields in Alaska was discovered at Katalla, 47 miles southeast of Cordova, in 1902. The town of Cordova was named in 1906 by Michael Heney, builder of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. Cordova became the railroad terminus and ocean shipping port for copper ore from the Kennecott Mine up the Copper River. The first trainload of ore was loaded onto the steamship "Northwestern," bound for a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, in April 1911. The Bonanza-Kennecott Mines operated until 1938 and yielded over $200 million in copper, silver and gold. The Katalla oil field produced until 1933, when it was destroyed by fire. Fishing became the economic base in the early 1940s. Other/Unknown Material Athabascan eyak Orca tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage Gulf of Alaska Bonanza ENVELOPE(-119.820,-119.820,55.917,55.917) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections |
op_collection_id |
ftuwashingtonlib |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Cordova (Alaska) Cities and towns--Alaska Harbors--Alaska--Cordova Piers & wharves--Alaska--Cordova Railroad tracks--Alaska--Cordova Shipa--Alaska--Cordova Orca Inlet (Alaska) |
spellingShingle |
Cordova (Alaska) Cities and towns--Alaska Harbors--Alaska--Cordova Piers & wharves--Alaska--Cordova Railroad tracks--Alaska--Cordova Shipa--Alaska--Cordova Orca Inlet (Alaska) Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
topic_facet |
Cordova (Alaska) Cities and towns--Alaska Harbors--Alaska--Cordova Piers & wharves--Alaska--Cordova Railroad tracks--Alaska--Cordova Shipa--Alaska--Cordova Orca Inlet (Alaska) |
description |
Caption on image: The Wharf, Cordova, Alaska PH Coll 247.459 Cordova is located at the southeastern end of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska. The community was built on Orca Inlet, at the base of Eyak Mountain. It lies 52 air miles southeast of Valdez and 150 miles southeast of Anchorage. The area has historically been the home to Aleuts, with the addition of migrating Athabascan and Tlingit natives who called themselves Eyaks. Alaskan Natives of other descents also settled in Cordova. Orca Inlet was originally named "Puerto Cordova" by Don Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. One of the first producing oil fields in Alaska was discovered at Katalla, 47 miles southeast of Cordova, in 1902. The town of Cordova was named in 1906 by Michael Heney, builder of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. Cordova became the railroad terminus and ocean shipping port for copper ore from the Kennecott Mine up the Copper River. The first trainload of ore was loaded onto the steamship "Northwestern," bound for a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, in April 1911. The Bonanza-Kennecott Mines operated until 1938 and yielded over $200 million in copper, silver and gold. The Katalla oil field produced until 1933, when it was destroyed by fire. Fishing became the economic base in the early 1940s. |
author2 |
University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division |
format |
Other/Unknown Material |
author |
Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
author_facet |
Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
author_sort |
Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
title |
Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
title_short |
Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
title_full |
Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
title_fullStr |
Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, Cordova, ca. 1912 |
title_sort |
harbor, docks, and railroad tracks, cordova, ca. 1912 |
publishDate |
1912 |
url |
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/131 |
op_coverage |
United States--Alaska--Cordova |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-119.820,-119.820,55.917,55.917) |
geographic |
Anchorage Gulf of Alaska Bonanza |
geographic_facet |
Anchorage Gulf of Alaska Bonanza |
genre |
Athabascan eyak Orca tlingit Alaska |
genre_facet |
Athabascan eyak Orca tlingit Alaska |
op_source |
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247 |
op_relation |
John E. Thwaites Photographs THW239 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.459 2115 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/131 |
op_rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ 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 |
_version_ |
1766356710742556672 |