Rat Guards on Ship

Subject: 
Bubonic plague, Extermination, Galveston Plague Laboratory, Hazard signs, Seawall (Galveston, Texas), United States Public Health Service
Geographic Area: 
Galveston, Texas
Date: 
1920
Archives: 
Moody Medical Library - Bubonic Plague Strikes Galveston
Description: 
Rat guards on ship mooring lines. All lines had to be rat proofed to eliminate possible transfer of plague rats from ship to port.