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Plank walkway and bridge at Devil's Corner, Skagit River, July 1, 1919
Plank walkway and bridge at Devil's Corner, Skagit River, July 1, 1919
TitlePlank walkway and bridge at Devil's Corner, Skagit River, July 1, 1919
PhotographerUnknown
Date1919
NotesPhotographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.

The Gorge Dam and Powerhouse were built by Seattle City Light and completed in September of 1924.

Devil's Elbow (also known as Devil's Corner) was a path that early miners along the Skagit River carved by hand from The Portage to gold fields on Ruby Creek. The path was chiseled out of granite to form a path along the steep walls of the gorge above what we now call Newhalem. The Portage was the point near Newhalem that was the absolute last point where a sternwheeler (in high-water years) or a canoe could navigate on the Skagit river. From there, everything had to be carried on the backs of miners or mules.

Caption on image: Devils Corner, Skagit Canyon below Gorge Creek. 5002. 7-1-19

PH Coll 45.1-39
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Skagit River--Devil's Corner
Subjects (LCTGM)Rivers--Washington (State)
Subjects (LCSH)Footbridges--Washington (State); Devils Corner (Wash.); Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.)
Digital CollectionSeattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order NumberWWDL0348
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Negative NumberUW8840
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionSeattle City Light Albums. PH Coll 45
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005
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