Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Coastguardsmen hack through a thick wall of ice obscuring a navigation light at the entrance of Muskegon harbor. Tons of solid ice piled up on the 53-foot tower during winter storms on Lake Michigan. To seaward, a huge field of pack ice stretches to the horizon.
Coastguardsmen hack through a thick wall of ice obscuring a navigation light at the entrance of Muskegon harbor. Tons of solid ice piled up on the 53-foot tower during winter storms on Lake Michigan. To seaward, a huge field of pack ice stretches to the horizon.
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Coastguardsmen hack through a thick wall of ice obscuring a navigation light at the entrance of Muskegon harbor. Tons of solid ice piled up on the 53-foot tower during winter storms on Lake Michigan. To seaward, a huge field of pack ice stretches to the horizon.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1949]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Ice Jams & Floes: Wire Photos

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