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| Title | Lake Washington floating bridge, Seattle, April 1, 1945 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1945 |
| Caption | Work on the world's first large-scale floating bridge began in the late 1930s, and the bridge opened for traffic on July 2, 1940. The concrete roadway from Seattle to the eastern shore of Lake Washington floats on pontoons which are anchored to the lake bottom. The bridge helped the World War II war effort by shortening the commute between Seattle's eastern suburbs and the downtown industrial area. It also helped lead to the expansion of the suburbs.
This photo looks to the east over the Lake Washington Floating Bridge towards Mercer Island. The bridge has been named in memory of Lacey V. Murrow, former head of the state's highway department. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Wash. Floating Bridge, April 1st, 1945.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Pontoon bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lacey V. Murrow Bridge (Mercer Island and Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Mount Baker(Seattle, Wash.)
Washington, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.15429.2 |
| 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 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 45-577 |
