Hosing down: Workers with high-pressure hoses use warmed water to clean a Prince William Sound beach

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Hosing down: Workers with high-pressure hoses use warmed water to clean a Prince William Sound beach

Date5/29/1989

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Hosing down: Workers with high-pressure hoses use warmed water to clean a Prince William Sound beach.

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