Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, Industries, Railroads - Buildings and Structures
Condition: Good
Description: Spitzbergen. 1914. Advent Bay. Loading Station. Wire ropeway. mine No.1. 82. [An industrial complex built on the steep slope of a mountain. A rail line is visible running down the mountain].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1914
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 7.0 cm x 7.4 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-001-032
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 upper terminal of the Arctic Coal Company’s aerial tramway. Mine 1 was located on the hill above this tramway. Mined coal was fed down a chute to a coal storage pocket, partially visible above and adjacent the tramway terminal. Coal was then fed into aerial tramway cars which went down the tramway to the company’s dock where ships were loaded. The tramway was gravity powered.
3/12/2008 1:27:12 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher