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| Keywords: Valdez waterfront, ca 1912 (THWAITES 196).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 4 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Valdez Alaska PH Coll 247 473<br/>Valdez is located on the north shore of Port Valdez a deep water fjord in Prince William Sound It lies 305 road miles east of Anchorage and 364 road miles south of Fairbanks It is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline The Port of Valdez was named in 1790 by Don Salvador Fidalgo for the celebrated Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdes y Basan Due to its excellent ice-free port a town developed in 1898 as a debarkation point for men seeking a route to the Eagle Mining District and the Klondike gold fields Valdez soon became the supply center of its own gold mining region and incorporated as a City in 1901 Fort Liscum was established in 1900 and a sled and wagon road was constructed to Fort Egbert in Eagle by the U S Army The Alaska Road Commission further developed the road for automobile travel to Fairbanks; it was completed by the early 1920s Tsunamis generated by the 1964 earthquake destroyed the original City killing several residents The community was rebuilt in a more sheltered location 4 miles to the west During the 1970s construction of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline terminal and other cargo transportation facilities brought rapid growth to Valdez In March 1989 it was the center for the massive oil-spill cleanup after the Exxon VALDEZ disaster In a few short days the population of the town tripled Subjects LCTGM Valdez Alaska ; Waterfronts--Alaska--Valdez; Piers wharves--Alaska--Valdez; Fishing boats--Alaska--Valdez Subjects LCSH Docks--Alaska--Valdez depicted place Valdez Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 196 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW248 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Valdez Alaska Waterfronts Fishing boats Docks in Alaska | ||||
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