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-10-1911 [Two rail lines run down an incline to a rail trestle and to a dock in an icy harbor where a ship is docked].
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: MS018-006-59
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 area of its Tract 1 operations, on Advent Bay. This rail incline connects the company's coal stockpile with the dock. Rail cars would go down one line and up the other.
3/31/2008 11:25:12 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher