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| Title | Construction workers on plank road during Alki Avenue regrade, April 19, 1913 |
| Photographer | Curtis & Miller |
| Date | 1913 |
| Caption | In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new seawall was constructed along Elliott Bay and a municipal water system pipeline installed along Alki Avenue. The existing wood plank roadbed was also widened during the 1913-1914 projects. Alki Avenue was eventually paved in 1923.
This photograph shows men working on a plank road along Alki Avenue. |
| Notes | Caption on photo: Lewis. Wiley & Morse, Inc. Alki Ave. regrade. Looking S.E. from S. margin of W. Atlantic Street, April 19, 1913 |
| Subjects | Construction workers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Grading (Earthwork)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Plank roads--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | Alki Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); West Seattle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2010.3.32.20 |
| 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 | Lewis, Wiley & Morse Inc. Alki Avenue Regrade Photograph Album, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Lewis, Wiley & Morse Inc. Alki Avenue Regrade Photograph Album |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 7.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 26915 |
