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Bothell Road construction, Washington, May 8, 1912
Bothell Road construction, Washington, May 8, 1912
TitleBothell Road construction, Washington, May 8, 1912
Date1912
NotesCaption on image: Photo of Bothell Road, taken May 8, 1912, W & S, Seattle, Wn.

On verso of image: Number 2. ""Modified Bitulithic"" or what is locally known as ""Warrenite"" laid on the Bothel road in King County in fall of 1911 under supervision of County Engineer Morrison. Photo taken May 8, 1912, shows distinctly a pile of material to the left, also the ""pitch"" kettle in operation, also huge patches extending nearly across the road, that were put in on the same date, May 8. This cost King County taxpayers approximately $17, 000.00 per mile or $1.76 per square yard.
Subjects (LCTGM)Road construction--Washington (State)--Bothell
Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Bothell
Streets--Washington (State)--Bothell
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Bothell
Digital CollectionIndustries and Occupations Photographs
Order NumberIND0581
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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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