No Weekly Picture this Week.
A Glimpse of South Sawyer Glacier – Tracy Arm Fjord
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A Glimpse of South Sawyer Glacier – Tracy Arm Fjord
In Loving Memory of:
O. Richard (Dick) Kent
1929 – 2013
The Lord is My Shepherd
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table
before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth
over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life: and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm 23 – The Holy Bible
Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 12:24 p.m. ADT, May 16, 2006, © 2013
Mt. Juneau, Downtown Juneau, and Gastineau Channel
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Mt. Juneau, Downtown Juneau, and Gastineau Channel
The Juneau Federal Building is at the far left and the State Office Building is in the center.
The Holland America Lines cruise ship Zaandam and Mt. Roberts are at the far right.
Picture by Chris Shay, July 25, 2010, © 2013 by Chris Shay
Waterfalls in Tracy Arm Fjord
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Waterfalls in Tracy Arm Fjord
Picture by Chris Shay, July 30, 2010, © 2013 by Chris Shay
Rock Doves all in a row
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Rock Doves all in a row
In the background: Gastineau Channel – Juneau Harbor,
the South Franklin Street waterfront, and Mt. Roberts.
The powerlines with the visible insulators haven’t been used by the power company since July 10, 1983 after the 1982 West Juneau Substation was converted to 69KV. This section of line is on 60 ft. to 70 ft. (above ground) tall cedar poles and was constructed in May 1981 because of the reconstruction and widening of Douglas Highway that year which pushed the powerline out of the State right-of-way. This resulted in dramatically taller poles than the old western red cedar poles used for the 23KV copper transmission line to Douglas that was originally built in 1910 to carry power from the Sheep Creek hydroelectric powerhouse, and in 1914 to also carry power from the Nugget Creek hydroelectric powerhouse by the Mendenhall Glacier, to the Treadwell Mines. The current line has been available as a last resort backup for the distribution line on the upper side of Douglas Highway since May 1986 but so far has not been used.
Picture by David Kent, 12:09 p.m. AST, January 30, 2013, © 2013