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Coal Dock Trestle - Jackfish (1920)

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
View of coal terminal and trestle at Jackfish, Ontario. This 600ft trestle on Lake Superior, received steamships from the United States. Ships were unloaded manually, and usually involved a crew of three hundred men. Even with the men working eighteen hours each day, the unloading process often took three days.

Date of Original
1920
Subject(s)
Jackfish
Local identifier
TerBPL: P29
Geographic Coverage
  • Jack Fish
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 48.78731 Longitude: -86.95855
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