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| Title | Construction site at Mud Mountain Dam, January 1940 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1940 |
| Caption | In 1936, work began on Mud Mountain Dam in a rocky gorge on the White River, near Enumclaw, Washington. The dam and its reservoir were built to control the serious floods which periodically devastated the White and Puyallup River valleys. Private contractors did the work under the supervision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
In this January 1940 photo, taken from the edge of the gorge, workers wearing shiny metal hard hats work on the steep slopes above the river (upper r.). The long narrow lines in the lower left appear to be water pipes, probably used to wash away earth and shape the slopes. |
| Notes | Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 8, 1940 |
| Subjects | Construction equipment--Washington (State); Construction workers--Washington (State); Dam construction--Washington (State) |
| Places | Mud Mountain Dam (Wash.); White River Watershed (Pierce County and King County, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.5822.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
