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Montlake Landfill, birds-eye view looking north, adjacent to Montlake Boulevard, University of Washington, July 2, 1958
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| Title | Montlake Landfill, birds-eye view looking north, adjacent to Montlake Boulevard, University of Washington, July 2, 1958 |
| Photographer | Marten, E. F. |
| Date | 1958 |
| Notes | In 1926, the City of Seattle began using University of Washington property as a municipal garbage and debris landfill. The City of Seattle and the University began to close the landfill in 1965, which was completed in 1971. The original site was located at the northeast corner of the former Union Bay inlet -- the intersection of N.E. 45th and Mary Gates Memorial Way -- and extended south to the present 'Fine Arts' building on Mary Gates Memorial Drive; gradually landfill activities expanded west to Montlake Boulevard and further south to Husky Stadium, and the open dumpsite extended from the north pedestrian bridge to the present driving range. Used as both a fire dump and a general landfill operation, the Montlake Landfill received 40 to 60 percent of Seattle's garbage. In 1954, public opposition to open burning lead to the use of 'modern' sanitary landfill methods; coupled with an expanding amount of garbage, these new methods further increased the rate of landfill reclamation. In 1958, the first Montlake parking lot was completed on the site; in 1959, the driving range and softball fields were constructed over former fill areas in the northeastern portion of the Union Bay/Montlake property (Montlake Landfill Work Group, Montlake Landfill Information Summary, January 1999.)
Sign on truck in foreground: Seattle Disposal Co., Excavation, Dirt Hauling.
Handwritten on verso: 7-2-58.
Stamped on verso of image: Property of the State of Washington Campus Studios [Info. Services neg. 5102-E].
Photograph by Whitie Marten.
Filed in: UW - Montlake Dump (#363) |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Montlake Landfill (Seattle, Wash.)
University of Washington
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | University of Washington Campus Photographs
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| Order Number | UWC0918
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Negative Number | UW19644z |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | University of Washington Campus Photograph Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph: b&w; 8 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Image File Name | SC000193.tif |
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