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Snowplow clearing avalanche at Snoqualmie Pass, 1936
Snowplow clearing avalanche at Snoqualmie Pass, 1936
TitleSnowplow clearing avalanche at Snoqualmie Pass, 1936
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1936
CaptionStarting in 1931, Washington's highway department kept Snoqualmie Pass open all winter. With an annual snowfall of 45 feet, sometimes falling at the rate of one foot per hour, this was a huge job. Snow plowed to the uphill shoulder kept falling back onto the road. The highway department finally started using snowblowers to throw the snow downhill.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Snow - Snoqualmie Pass Wash.

Caption by MOHAI staff.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 26, 1936.
SubjectsSnow--Washington (State); Avalanches--Washington (State); Snow removal--Washington (State); Mountains--Washington (State); Passes (Landforms)
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)
Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.)
Cascade Range
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image NumberPI25280
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 LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 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.
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