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Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, ca. 1909
Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, ca. 1909
TitleWorkers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, ca. 1909
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Dateca. 1909
CaptionWorkers in the first Denny Hill regrading project sometimes used high pressure jets of water to wash away the hill. Over five million gallons of water were pumped from Elliott Bay and Lake Union every day. The dirt was washed out into the bay through tunnels and flumes.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Regrade Denny Hill.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
SubjectsExcavation--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hoses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Belltown (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.8127
Ordering InformationTo 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 LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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 Number9026
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