Photo #: NH 105597
USS Buffalo (1898-1927, later AD-8)
Completing the laying of an underwater power cable at Sitka,
Alaska, in October or late September 1914 during the 1914 Alaskan
Radio Expedition.
The cable connected the Navy-built radio station on Japonski
Island with the municipal power company at Sitka on the mainland
(background). The improvised pontoon carrying the cable reel
is beached on the Japonski Island side and has passed the end
of the cable to personnel ashore. The pontoon consists of two
sailing cutters covered and connected by a rectangular deck.
Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, donated by Louisa
R. Alger, 1962.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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