The Estuarine Based Work (EBW) collection is a still image essay on the state of the United States Atlantic coast estuaries in 1968. Photographs were taken of pristine estuarine locations, as well as those compromised by human intervention. From Maine to the Gulf coast of Florida, the images represent an early conservation effort by Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory Director Lionel A. Walford and Assistant Laboratory Director John R. Clark to investigate the importance of estuarine areas to marine life, and to document the rapid degradation of those environments by encroaching development, industrial wastes, erosion, and pollution.
Lionel A. Walford Library, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory
Description
A view through a culvert shows debris and trash dumped on the shores of the Patapsco River. The Patapsco River flows into the Chesapeake Bay and is the primary waterbody of the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland.
This item is in the public domain. While there are no restrictions on use, we would appreciate if you provided credit when you use this item to the: “U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, Highlands, NJ.”
Further Information
For additional questions, contact the Lionel A. Walford Library at librarian@sh.nmfs.gov
Provenance
This item is part of a collection of materials, including photos, slides, negatives and photographer's contact sheets that were maintained in various locations within the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory since their origination in the late 1960's, and/or donated to the Library in the late 1980’s. All materials are part of the Laboratory's Lionel A. Walford Library permanent collection.
