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Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works, Kirkland, ca. 1890
Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works, Kirkland, ca. 1890
TitleMoss Bay Iron and Steel Works, Kirkland, ca. 1890
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca.1890
CaptionThe Kirkland Iron Works was located on the shores of Lake Kirkland. The steel mill was closed by the recession of 1893, ruining Peter Kirk's dream of building the Pittsburgh of the west.

A dock for unloading coal and iron ore is visible at right. Railroad ties can be seen in the foreground. The success of the venture depended on King County coal and the development of iron mines at Snoqualmie Pass.
NotesCaption on image: Kirkland Iron Works, Kirkland, Wash.
SubjectsSteel industry--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Industrial facilities--Washington (State)--Kirkland
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Kirkland
Digital CollectionNorthwest Railway Museum Image Collection
Accession NumberL109
Ordering InformationTo inquire about reproductions or permissions, please contact the Northwest Railway Museum at info@trainmuseum.org or write to PO Box 459, Snoqualmie, WA 98065.
RepositoryNorthwest Railway Museum
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 25.8 x 20.3 cm
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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