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| Title | Seattle Cedar mill, ca. 1916 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1916 |
| Caption | The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company had a large mill in Ballard, just to the west of the Ballard Bridge. Logs were floated to the mill, and kept in the water until they were cut. The rough lumber was then stacked to dry before it was planed and sold.
This photo, taken around 1916, shows the tall smokestack and piles of lumber at Seattle Cedar's mill in Ballard. The rafts of logs floating in Salmon Bay will be cut into lumber at Seattle Cedar or other mills in the area. The land in the foreground is flooded due to the construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. |
| Subjects | Mills; Smokestacks; Waterfronts; Lumber industry; Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10353 |
| 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 negative : glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 52, 432 |
