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| Title | Seattle's water pipeline, ca. 1926 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1926 |
| Caption | As early as the 1890s, Seattle city engineers realized that Lake Washington could not supply enough clean water for the growing city. Workers built a pipeline system from the city-owned Cedar River watershed, and the first Cedar River water arrived in Seattle in 1901. The early pipelines used both steel and wood stave pipe. Workmen built the wooden pipes by fitting boards together over metal hoops and binding them tightly into a tube.
This photo, taken around 1926, shows a workman checking a stretch of wood stave pipeline in Seattle's municipal water system. Judging by the rotten boards, the photo may have been taken during a rebuilding project. Since that time, workers have gradually replaced the wooden pipes with more durable materials. The last stretch of wooden pipeline was removed in the mid-1980s. |
| Subjects | Pipelines; Water supply; Men--Employment; Seattle (Wash.). Water Dept |
| Places | Cedar River Region (Wash.); Seattle Region (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3161.4 |
| 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 119, 008 |
