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| Title | Men standing in a carrier at the Mud Mountain dam project camp, 1938 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1938 |
| Caption | A man, probably an engineer or project manager, is pointing out an area to men dressed in suits at the Mud Mountain dam site seven miles southeast of Enumclaw, Washington. They are standing in a highline carrier for an elevated view. The camp was built in 1937 prior to construction of the dam. When it was completed in 1948, the Mud Mountain Dam was the highest rock-and-earth-filled dam in the world. The dam was built on the White River to prevent massive flooding in South King County and North Pierce County. |
| Notes | Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 30, 1938 |
| Subjects | Construction equipment--Washington (State); Dam construction--Washington (State) |
| Places | Mud Mountain Dam (Wash.); White River Watershed (Pierce County and King County, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.5820.2 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
