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NH 105598 USS Buffalo

Photo #: NH 105598 USS Buffalo
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Title: USS Buffalo
Description: (1898-1927, later AD-8) Completing the laying of an underwater power cable at Sitka, Alaska, in October or late September 1914 during the 1914 Alaskan Radio Expedition. Personnel of the expedition are digging a trench for the portion of the cable that runs from the shoreline to the Sitka radio station building, in the background. The cable connected the radio station on Japonski Island to the municipal power company at Sitka on the mainland. Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, donated by Louisa R. Alger, 1962. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105598
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