Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Power-Plants - Fossil Fuel Power Plants, Railroads - Buildings and Structures, Buildings
Condition: Fair
Description: 1216 [A rail line runs down a hill in front of a small power house and other buildings]
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Longyear Family
Date of Photo: 1913-15
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 8.1 cm x 11.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS031-01-03-09
Collection Name: Longyear Spitsbergen 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 powerhouse, adjacent Advent Bay. The rail incline consisted of four broad-guage rail lines which connected the company's dock with the coal stockpile (up the hill to the right).
4/9/2008 1:27:11 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher