(6:09 min.) (14 of 20) (Wholesaling structure/DEW line and Pipeline--DEW line--Pipeline--Alaska Steamship did DEW line project (single employer)--Pipeline was handled by different contractors and subcontractors that each did their own...
View of woman standing in doorway of FEC (Federal Electric Corporation) building most likely at DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Another building is visible at left and red dolly is visible at...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line radar station at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with airplane partially visible at right. Building and two antennas are visible at far bottom of photo. DEW...
View of military facilities (probably DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site) at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with man standing to right of truck. Quonset hut stands in background, barrels are visible in foreground, and tent is...
Title taken from slide mount. View of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site as seen from airport at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with quonset hut, barrels, truck, and storage tank visible in left background. Utility pole is also...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with antennas, radome, buildings, and three storage tanks visible in photo. DEW Line sites were constructed in Canada...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site supply depot at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with airplane partially visible at left and buildings visible in center. DEW Line sites were constructed...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with antennas, radome, buildings, and three storage tanks visible in photo. Trucks are visible at left of storage...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Buildings, antennas, storage tanks (at right of antennas), and radome are visible at left. DEW Line sites were...
Title taken from slide mount. Aerial view of DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at Cape Dyer, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Antennas, buildings, radome, and storage tanks visible at left. DEW Line sites were constructed in Canada and Alaska...
Title taken from verso. View of Sigurd Wien landing Noorduyn Norseman 6 to 8 seat airplane loaded with DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line radar equipment at Cross Island, Alaska, with man standing in front of log and sod hut. Also from verso:...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Alaska Airlines airplanes at DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at unidentified arctic location, with crane in right background and man walking in center. 1954? Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph...
(5:11 min) (27 of 27) Final Comments
Winter road north from Eagle and Circle to the DEW line. Built by Alaska Freightline. LaTourneau trains, made for the desert, were not very successful here. Less paperwork makes for more fun in the...
Interior shot of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line construction camp dining hall in Driftwood Bay, Unalaska Island, 1958. Two men are standing at a counter; tables are set with dishes and cutlery. DEW Line sites were constructed in the Aleutian...
Text on photo reads "Placing Dome, Driftwood Bay 1958". Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line site construction at Driftwood Bay. Construction worker is visible on scaffolding on the upper left of the dome. DEW Line sites were constructed in the...
61 second film clip, color with audio track narration Clip of the LeTourneau snowtrain. Narration briefly describes the role of the snowtrain in re-supplying the Distant Early Warning [DEW] stations.