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| Title | Showing construction of 78-inch wood stave pipeline, ca. 1926 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1926 |
| Caption | During the 1920s, the Seattle Water Department converted Lake Youngs, formerly called Swan Lake, into a major reservoir for the city's drinking water. Wood stave pipelines carried filtered Cedar River water from the Landsburg settling basin to Lake Youngs and on to the rest of the city's water supply system.
This photo, probably taken in 1926, shows the construction of one of the Seattle Water Department's 78-inch wood stave pipelines. The boards were held in place by tight metal rings. Wooden pipelines, now replaced by steel, once formed the backbone of Seattle's drinking water delivery system. |
| Subjects | Water supply; Pipelines; Seattle (Wash.). Water Dept |
| Places | Cedar River Watershed (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1998.21.17 |
| 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 Water Department Photograph Album, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Water Department Photograph Album |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: gelatin, b&w; 17 x 21 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph 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 5. |
