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Site of future Gorge Dam, near Devil's Elbow, July 1, 1919
Title
Site
of
future
Gorge
Dam
,
near
Devil's
Elbow
,
July
1
,
1919
Photographer
Unknown
Date
1919
Notes
Photographs
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:
Proposed
Gorge
Dam
site
,
7-1-19
,
5008.
PH
Coll
45.92
Location Depicted
United
States--Washington
(State)--Skagit
River
Subjects (LCTGM)
Rivers--Washington
(State)
Subjects (LCSH)
Skagit
River
(B.C.
and
Wash.);
Devil's
Elbow
(Wash.);
Building
sites--Washington
(State)
Digital Collection
Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order Number
WWDL0666
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Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository Collection
Seattle City Light Albums. PH Coll 45
Object Type
Photograph
Physical Description
silver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 115 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005
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