Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Ships, Transportation, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources
Condition: Good
Description: IV-9-1911 [Three coal-filled rail cars roll along a rail trestle to a two-storied dock where a ship, the W. D. Munroe, is docked. The end of an aerial tramway connects to the dock].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1911
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9.1 cm x 14.5 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS018-006-58
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:
• The Arctic Coal Company's dock for its Tract 1 operations, adjacent Longyear City. The ship, the W. D. Munroe, is an old whaling vessel adapted to carry coal, men and equipment. It appears that the ship is being filled with coal in this photograph, both by rail and by an aerial tramway.
3/31/2008 11:23:29 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher