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English: Confluence of Cedar and Black Rivers showing dam used to change the rivers course, ca. 1899   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Thomson
Title
English: Confluence of Cedar and Black Rivers showing dam used to change the rivers course, ca. 1899
Description
English: Photographs of the City of Seattle Cedar River water supply system construction, 1899-1901

R. H. Thomson was Seattle City Engineer intermittently between 1883 and 1931.

Handwritten below photograph: Thomson. Turning Cedar River and Black River into Lake Washington.

PH Coll 10.52

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Rivers--Washington (State); Logs--Washington (State); Horses--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Dams--Washington (State)--Design and construction; Black River (King County, Wash. : River); Cedar River (King County, Wash. : River)
Depicted place King County, Washington
Date circa 1899
date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w : 6 x 8 in.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
474
Source
English: Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
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WWDL0574

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