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Trail at site above future Ross Dam looking down on Ruby Creek, June 28, 1919
Trail at site above future Ross Dam looking down on Ruby Creek, June 28, 1919
TitleTrail at site above future Ross Dam looking down on Ruby Creek, June 28, 1919
PhotographerUnknown
Date1919
NotesPhotographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.

In 1919, City Light began planning for a dam at the Rip Raps below Ruby Creek, and construction of Ruby Dam began in September 1937. The building of the dam was done in three steps. The first step was performed by contractors General-Shea-Columbia beginning in September 1937 with completion to a height of 305 feet in March 1940, at which time the lake and dam were renamed for Seattle City Light Superintendent James Delmage Ross (1872-1939). The second and third steps was built by contractors General-Shea-Morrison with work starting February 1943 and completion to height of 540 feet finished in August 1949.

Caption on image: Ruby Creek from trail above dam site. 6-28-19, 5029.

PH Coll 45.227
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Ruby Creek
Subjects (LCTGM)Rivers--Washington (State)
Subjects (LCSH)Ruby Creek (Wash.)
Digital CollectionSeattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order NumberWWDL0672
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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 115 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005
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