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Road construction crew working on the Bothell road, Washington, May 14, 1912
Road construction crew working on the Bothell road, Washington, May 14, 1912
TitleRoad construction crew working on the Bothell road, Washington, May 14, 1912
Date1912
NotesCaption on image: Photo of Bothell road taken May 14, 1912. W & S Seattle, Wn

On verso of image: ""Modified Bitulithic"" or what is generally known as ""Warrenite"" laid for King County Commissioners, under the supervision of County Engineer Morrison. This photo shows team and workmen loading sand at a bend in the road to be used in spreading over the ""Warrenite"" surface in an effort to save the road from complete destruction. This sand is very fine and contains a large portion of dirt and loam, yet it is being used to ""repair"" ""Warrenite"". Photo taken May 14th, 1912
Subjects (LCTGM)Road construction--Washington (State)--Bothell; Road construction workers--Washington (State)--Bothell; Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Bothell
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Bothell
Digital CollectionIndustries and Occupations Photographs
Order NumberIND0405
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Negative NumberUW5794
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionIndustries and Occupations Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2000.
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