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| Title | Lake Washington Ship Canal under construction, Seattle, ca. 1914 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1914 |
| Caption | The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay. This photo shows a large construction site for the canal in Ballard. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Working on government canal, Ballard, Seattle, Washington.
Handwritten on verso: Ballard, WA.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Trestles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Excavation--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Ballard (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.48.945 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic postcard: b&w; 3 x 5 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, 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 | 130 |
