Argo Merchant Oil Spill

Title

Argo Merchant Oil Spill

Subject

Argo Merchant Oil Spill

Description

The Argo Merchant, due to inadequate equipment and crew, ran aground off shore of Nantucket Massachusetts. After crew was evacuated the ship was abandoned and broke in half, spilling the entirety of the cargo fuel on board.

Date

1976-12-21

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

1600x1178

Files

ArgoMerchantOilSpill.jpg

Citation

“Argo Merchant Oil Spill,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed December 3, 2024, https://goldenorb.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/43.