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| Title | Panoramic view of fill being made for grading of landing field at the Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, February 28, 1939 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1939 |
| Notes | Caption on image: "222-39." Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. 28 February 1939. View looking east from Officers' Quarters showing fill being made for grading of landing field. W.P.A. Project. 709-2-16--PWA. Subhead 36.
PH Coll 765.9 |
| Historical Notes | The Sand Point Naval Air Station first became operational in June 1920. It was expanded in October 1926, when the Carkeek family sold some of their land to King County, and it was then deeded to the U.S. Navy for further development of the Naval Air Station. The new construction included the use of the Works Project Administration for filling Mud Lake and Pontiac Bay. The Air Station reached its peak during World War Two when numerous new buildings and landing strips were built and over 7,000 military and civilian personnel worked on the grounds. After World War Two, the use of the Air Station slowed, and it was deactivated on June 30, 1970. The land is now a park called Warren G. Magnusun Park. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | United States. Navy--Facillities--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.); Runways (Aeronautics)--Washington (State)--Seattle--Design and construction; Air bases--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fills (Earthwork)--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA2800
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Sand Point Naval Air Station Photograph Collection. PH Coll 765 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008 |
