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| Title | Second Avenue monorail, ca. 1921 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1921 |
| Caption | As early as 1910, inventors and businessmen believed that a monorail would solve Seattle's downtown traffic problems. The Universal Elevated Railway Company tried to convince the city to build a monorail on Second Avenue, but the city decided to purchase a ground-level system instead.
This photo shows an artist's idea of what Seattle's monorail might look like. The drawing was made for the Universal Elevated Railway, sometime around 1921. The artist used an earlier photograph of Second Avenue. |
| Subjects | Monorail railroads; Universal Elevated Railway Company |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.); Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.2219.2 |
| 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: nitrate, 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 86, 534 |
