(3:24 min.) (24 of 24) 24 Barge runs Barges were difficult to bring into port, had to judge waves and tides just right. On one trip to Unalakleet, men, women and children off-loaded supplies. In the 1940's the people of Unalakleet wanted...
(5:25 min.) (07 of 28) 7. Across the Atlantic Georgetown, French Guyana was the next stop, not Africa. The ship was zigzagging; the Captain and First Mate would open orders each day and set a new course. On board was a Pan Am navigator;...
(9:33 Min.) (02 of 09)
Barging
landmarks -- sandbars; night navigation; freight -- food, machinery, lumber; 120 tons a trip; short season; steamboats; Peterson, Don; changes in handing freights; forklift; building of the barge; barge history; army;...
(9:55 Min.) (01 of 09)
Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
3 maps on one sheet. Depths shown by soundings. "Issued May 1885, C. O. Boutelle, assist. in charge of office." Stamped: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Oct. 14, 1880. Components: Tolstoi Bay, Clarence Strait, S.E....
43 X 31 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Inset: Continuation [of Port Levasheff]. Includes notes on navigation, soundings, and tides. "Topography, shorelines, magnetics and most of the soundings, from...
6 maps on one sheet. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "Aids to navigation corrected for information received to May 11, 1895." Components: Chart of Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska -- Sketch of St. Matthew and adjoining islands --...
Aerial view of White Alice Communications Loran (long range navigation) station at Cape Sarichef, Alaska and access road. Airplane wing is partially visible at right. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force...