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| Title | Lake Washington floating bridge anchor suspended over water, Seattle, July 16, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | Large air-filled pontoons support the roadway of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge which connects Seattle with the area east of the lake. The original pontoons were held in place by 65-ton anchors.
In this July 1939 photo, one of the floating bridge anchors is lowered into place. The Lake Washington Floating Bridge was later renamed the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Lake Wash. Bridge Anchor 7-16-39.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - bridges - Lake Wash - anchor.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 16, 1939. |
| Subjects | Pontoon bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bridge construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lacey V. Murrow Bridge (Mercer Island and Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Washington, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI20522 |
| 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 Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
