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| Title | Revetment on the Snoqualmie River at Fall City, ca. 1963 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1963 |
| Caption | In the early 1960s, King County did extensive work on the Snoqualmie and Raging Rivers near Fall City, Washington, to control seasonal flooding. Workers dredged out gravel bars, straightened the channel, and cleared away trees and brush. They also built revetments of gravel and rock to stabilize the banks. The purpose of this channelization was to reduce flood damage by moving water through the area more quickly. In reality, it destroyed salmon habitat and caused more serious flooding downstream.
This photo, probably taken in 1963, shows the Snoqualmie River and downtown Fall City. A rock and gravel revetment runs along the main street. In the foreground are the land and buildings of the Jack Bush family farm. The area's one remaining hop curing shed, a small square building with a pointed roof, stands alone in a field across from the farmhouse. |
| Notes | On verso: Fall City revetment, left bank Snoqualmie. Received December 23, 1963, King County Engineer, Flood Control Division. |
| Subjects | Floods; Flood control; Rivers Farms; Cities & towns; Hops; King County (Wash.). Engineering Dept |
| Places | Snoqualmie River (Wash.); Fall City (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1998.34.2 |
| 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 | King County Engineering Department Flood Control Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | King County Engineering Department Flood Control Photographs |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: gelatin, b&w; 20 x 25 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. |
