Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Karl Johan Hansen
Subject Headings: Railroads - Buildings and Structures, Geography - Maps, Harbors - Docks
Condition: Good
Description: Arctic Coal Co,'s Loading Dock Advent Bay Spitsbergen. 90. [Plan of the end of a dock connected to three rail lines and an Bleichert aerial tramway. The topography of the seafloor is shown.]
Source of Description: Blueprint title. [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: August 1913
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 61.6 cm x 55.6 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-Z-09-01
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Plan of the Arctic Coal Company's dock on Advent Bay. The dock was enhanced and expanded numerous times since its initial design in 1906. Note the piles driven off the end of the dock to expand its size and deepen its berthing area. The company's largest ship, the Kwasind, often touched the ground off this dock.
6/24/2008 10:31:11 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher