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Tidal wave damage

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Collection Name	Alaska Earthquake Archives Committee Collection Vertical File Photograph Collections--Earthquakes
Identifier	UAF-1972-153-58
Title	Tidal wave damage
Description	Title from verso . Full comments from verso read: "HQ AAC -- TIDAL WAVE DAMAGE -- Inrushing seas at Seward, Alaska, following the Good Friday earthquake, accounted for more damage than the 'quake itself. Here, a gigantic 200 ton diesel switch engine of the Alaska Railroad lies on its side more than 200 feet from its original position on tracks near the shore." Photograph of a railroad engine damaged by the tsunami resulting from the 1964 earthquake.
Creator	United States. Air Force
Subject.TGM	Natural disasters Earthquakes Tidal waves Railroads Railroad cars Railroad accidents Diesel locomotives Engines
Subject.LCSH	Tsunamis Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Corporate Name	Alaska Railroad Corporation
Location	Seward (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	1964/03/27
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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