Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Arctic Coal Company
Subject Headings: Railroads - Buildings and Structures, Buildings, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns
Condition: Good
Description: Topographic Map of Longyear City, Advent Bay, West Spitsbergen. 1913. 96. [Plan of a small town with a single rail line running through it. The buildings are named or numbered. Electric power lines are shown.]
Source of Description: Blueprint title. [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1913
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 148.0 cm x 54.0 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-Z-09-03
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 Longyear City in 1913. This map is the result of the first detailed mapping efforts of the company in this area, made in 1912 and 1913 (see the Arctic Coal Company USGS maps of this collection).
6/24/2008 10:38:02 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher