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| Title | Trucks, automobiles and equipment in the river canyon at the Mud Mountain Dam project, 1941 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | Mud Mountain Dam is located seven miles southeast of Enumclaw, Washington on the White River. 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 to prevent massive flooding in South King County and North Pierce County. |
| Notes | Written on image: Mud Mountain Dam
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 5, 1941 |
| Subjects | Canyons--Washington (State); 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 | 1986.5.5823.1 |
| 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 acetate 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. |
