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| Title | Panoramic view of Harbor Island, between 1912 and 1916 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Caption | While Seattle's Harbor Island was being built, the Colman Creosoting works and other industries built plants on tidal flats near West Seattle. Creosote is an oil tar used as a wood preservative. Seattle's many trestles and piers used lots of creosoted wood.
This photo is part of a larger panorama taken from West Seattle sometime between 1912 and 1917. It shows the Colman Creosoting Works on the West Seattle tidal flats, with Harbor Island in the background. The West Waterway of the Duwamish River crosses the middle of the photo. All of the trestles in this and other photos were built with creosoted wood. |
| Subjects | Harbors; Islands; Waterfronts Reclamation of landTideflats. |
| Places | Harbor Island (Seattle, Wash.); Duwamish River Estuary (Wash.); Seattle (Wash.); |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10631.2 |
| 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 negative : glass, 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 59, 943 |
