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Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915
Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915
TitleDigging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Dateca. 1915
CaptionOne part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal project involved connecting Salmon Bay with Lake Union. Workers dug the channel with steam shovels and used trains to carry the dirt away.
This photo was taken around 1915. It shows a steam shovel and earthmoving train during the digging of the canal. The buildings in the far left are probably mills near Fremont.
SubjectsCanal construction; Steam shovels
PlacesLake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.6932
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Credit LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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 NumberW&S 2, 509
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