(3:32 min.) (03 of 28) 3. Mid-air fire On a shake-down flight over Manhattan, the engine caught fire. George's father turned the controls over to his mother and climbed out of the plane. He sprayed the flames with a fire extinguisher. ...
(5:12 min.) (05 of 08) Repairs on the Alaska Run for the Alaska Steam Ship Captain Brastad; lost propeller at sea; Stitt, James -- chief engineer; secure the propeller; steam ship -- towed ship back to Seattle; repair -- cylinder head; stop the...
51 second, black and white, silent film clip of the ferry M/V Kalakala (meaning "Flying Bird" in Chinook). Originally launched as the Peralta on October 14, 1926, in San Francisco, she burned to the waterline on May 6, 1933. The intact hull was...
A line of decorated automobiles takes part in a parade in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Balloons cover the lead car. In the foreground, a person is being towed on a child's tricycle. Spectators watch the parade from the sidewalks. Original photograph...
Design by Brown & Root of Houston and built at American Pipe and Construction Company at Vancouver, Wash., shipyards, the Trading Bay platform was towed to its permanent location in Cook Inlet, Alaska, for completion. The rugged jacket section was...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
The platform was christened "The Trading Bay". After launching it was towed 2,000 miles via the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean to Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Title and description taken from photo verso. A Coast Guard patrol boat from Station Juneau darts across the bow of the Exxon Valdez as the tanker is towed to Naked Is., Prince William Sound for temporary repairs, April 5 1989. Photo by PAC Ed...
Title and description taken from photo verso. Tanker Exxon Valdez is towed to Naked Island in Prince William Sound April 5, 1989, where it was temporarily repaired. Photo by PAC Ed Moreth, U.S. Coast Guard.
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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