Oil Barge Caught In Ice-- Three tow cats used to break ice in the Illinois river waterway are attempting to free an oil barge from an ice jam in the river four miles downstream from here today. The ice breakers are under contract to the U.S. Coast Guard to keep the river open to traffic in order to prevent a fuel oil shortage in Chicago. The unusually cold weather this past week has made the work of the icebreakers a 24-hour-a-day job.

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Title:
Oil Barge Caught In Ice-- Three tow cats used to break ice in the Illinois river waterway are attempting to free an oil barge from an ice jam in the river four miles downstream from here today. The ice breakers are under contract to the U.S. Coast Guard to keep the river open to traffic in order to prevent a fuel oil shortage in Chicago. The unusually cold weather this past week has made the work of the icebreakers a 24-hour-a-day job.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Ice Jams & Floes: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1951]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Ice floes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 186 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9c680m29g
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001529_0017
Barcode:
39999088103245