Old and new Valdez, Valdez District, Alaska Gulf Region, Alaska, 1964.
Dates
Date Taken
1964
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Old and new Valdez. All waterfront structures and utilities in old Valdez were destroyed (lower center). The new town site (upper left) is protected from slides by a chain of bedrock hills. Valdez, Valdez District, Alaska Gulf Region, Alaska, 1964. Photo by U.S. Army. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 545-B, Figure 10, p.B-16. 1967.
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
Old and new Valdez. All waterfront structures and utilities in old Valdez were destroyed (lower center). The new town site (upper left) is protected from slides by a chain of bedrock hills.
Valdez, Valdez District, Alaska Gulf Region, Alaska, 1964.
Photo by U.S. Army.
Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 545-B, Figure 10, p.B-16. 1967.
Image located in U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection subject album "Alaska Earthquake, Volume 2, March 27, 1964", no. 248.
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