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| Title | Montlake Cut under construction, Seattle, ca. 1914 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1914 |
| Caption | The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay. This photo shows the Montlake Cut between Portage Bay, shown in the background, and Union Bay in about 1914, about three years after construction started. A steam shovel is excavating the hillside; the tracks were for a train that transported the dirt away from the site. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Wash Canal.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction equipment--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.8865 |
| 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. |
| 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 | 16220 |
