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| Title | Rainier Beach streetcar station, Seattle, 1911 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1911 |
| Caption | In 1896, the old Seattle and Rainier Beach trolley line was extended to Renton. At that time, the 12-mile route between Seattle and Renton was the longest electric railway line in the world. The line, known after 1903 as the Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway, provided passenger and freight service to the once-isolated settlements between the two cities.
This 1911 photo shows the Seattle, Renton and Southern's interurban trolley tracks and station at Rainier Beach on the line between Seattle and Renton. A boathouse stands across the tracks from the station. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Street Car Rainier Station.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.)
Washington, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.6605 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; sulfiding |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 165 |
