File:CORNER, LOOKING NORTHEAST - Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears, Civilian Contractor`s Barracks, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK HABS AK,1-UNAK,2-M-2.tif

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CORNER, LOOKING NORTHEAST - Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears, Civilian Contractor`s Barracks, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
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CORNER, LOOKING NORTHEAST - Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears, Civilian Contractor`s Barracks, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Medium 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS AK,1-UNAK,2-M-2
Place of creation Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
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  • Significance: This was built to house employees of Siems Drake Puget Sound, the contractor that undertook construction on the navy and army installations between 1940 and 1943. The building is typical of enlisted man barracks. / The Civilian Contractor's Barracks was erected to house the employees of Siems Drake Puget Sound, the contractor that undertook Navy and Army construction work on the Naval and Army bases between 1940 and 1943. The structure provides a typical example of barracks constructed for enlisted men on Naval bases throughout the U.S. and its territories. Materials Notes: Wood frame with wood horizontal siding and wood roof shingles.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16
  • Survey number: HABS AK-34-M
  • Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 85002733.
Source/Photographer https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0152.photos.000240p
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Object location53° 52′ 25″ N, 166° 32′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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