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U.S. Ranger Station at Reflector Bar, Skagit River, June 30, 1919
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| Title | U.S. Ranger Station at Reflector Bar, Skagit River, June 30, 1919 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1919 |
| Notes | Photographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.
The Diablo Dam was built by Seattle City Light at a location 7-1/2 miles upstream from Newhalem and completed August 27, 1930. Due to the Great Depression, the Diablo Powerhouse was not completed until 1935, with the first power being generated in 1936.
Several miles upstream from Newhalem was Reflector Bar Ranger Station. Now incorporated into present-day Diablo, Reflector Bar was "... named for the small reflector shelter built there..." It served as one of the early and important stations for USFS personnel heading into the upper Skagit region. A sandy flat along a bend in the river was selected and surveyed for the site in 1907, and two years later a 4-room house was constructed. A split cedar barn (built 1910) and a small storeroom were built shortly thereafter. In 1930 a new house and barn were built by Seattle City Light (SCL) in reparation for land flooded by the construction of Diablo Dam. This second house is believed to be the one standing today at Reflector Bar. A new barn/warehouse was built by SCL to replace other facilities taken over by the company at Diablo. The USFS noted in a memo dated January 21, 1954: "This is a gain and an attractive building." No doubt this is the large barn which stands today to the northeast of the USFS residence. [Source: North Cascades National Park web site, http://www.nps.gov/noca/hrs6-2c3.htm]
Caption on image: Reflector Bar Ranger Station. 5020. 6-30-19
PH Coll 45.2-26 |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Skagit River--Reflector Bar |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Ranger stations--Washington (State); Reflector Bar (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
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| Order Number | WWDL0386 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Seattle City Light Albums. PH Coll 45
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin, b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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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