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| Title | Skagit Dam construction site, ca. 1921 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1921 |
| Caption | Harsh terrain made the development of Seattle City Light's three dams on the Skagit River very difficult. Once they got permission to proceed on the Gorge Creek Diversion Dam in 1918, workers had to build access roads through the mountainous wilderness and railway lines to haul supplies and workers to and from the construction site.
This photo, taken around 1921, shows part of the construction site at the Skagit River Gorge Creek Diversion Dam project. To the left are the tracks of an inclined railway which used a system of balanced weights to carry workers and materials partway to the dam site. Construction on the Gorge Dam began in 1919, and its first generator started turning five years later, in 1924. |
| Subjects | Dam construction; Hydroelectric power |
| Places | Whatcom County (Wash.); Gorge Dam (Wash.); Skagit River (Wash.); |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.2251.25 |
| 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 nitrate negative: 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, 385 |
