A crane on a floating barge readies to haul the bottom half of the badly-damaged hull of the cannery tender "Howkan" out of the…
On October 24, 1949, while moored at the Bellingham facility, the Pacific American Fisheries' "Howkan" was torn in two by an explosion. Two crew members were seriously injured, and waterfront buildings were damaged by the blast.
Object Details
Creators/Contributors
Collection
collections Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs
Date Created
Circa 1940 (date is approximate) to Circa 1950 (date is approximate)
Extent
- 1 black and white print
- 10 x 8
Publisher
Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Physical location
- WaBeCP
- Western Washington University
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Resource type
Related to
Galen Biery papers and photographs
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Identifier
gb1566
Subject Geographic
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