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Montlake Ditch, ca. 1890
Montlake Ditch, ca. 1890
TitleMontlake Ditch, ca. 1890
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca. 1890
NotesShows board sluiceway with floodgates designed to regulate the water flow between the lakes

On verso of image: Inlet from Lake Washington into Lake Union taken soon after completion of the ditch; probably about 1885. Note that hill in background is logged off; also logs in the foreground have come from Lake Washington through the ditch. White spot on opposite shore at right is Lake Union Jim's home.; Looking from Portage across Lake Union to Capital Hill about 1890
Subjects (LCTGM)Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Montlake Cut (Seattle, Wash.); Sluices--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sluice gates--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionSeattle Photograph Collection
Order NumberSEA1101
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Negative NumberUW 4290
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSeattle 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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