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| Title | Lake Washington Ship Canal spillway near Fremont, Seattle, ca. 1911 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1911 |
| Caption | During the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, temporary dams were built at various places to control the water level. This photo shows the spillway of a temporary dam at the western end of Lake Union, near Fremont. Logs for a nearby lumber mill float behind the dam. The Stone Way Bridge is under construction in the background. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Fremont District.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Spillways--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dams--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bridge construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle; Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fremont (Seattle, Wash.)
Union, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.9151 |
| 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 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; sulfiding |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 19184 |
