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Workers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background, August 28, 1928
Workers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background, August 28, 1928
TitleWorkers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background, August 28, 1928
PhotographerUnknown
Date1928
NotesPhotographs 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.

Caption on image: D(28-8-28)6

PH Coll 45.218
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Diablo Dam
Subjects (LCTGM)Inclined railroads--Washington (State); Railroad freight cars--Washington (State); Construction workers--Washington (State); Work camps--Washington (State)
Subjects (LCSH)Gravel--Washington (State); Reflector Bar (Wash.)
Digital CollectionSeattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order NumberWWDL0688
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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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