File:Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca 1915 (MOHAI 5949).jpg
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editEnglish: Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Webster & Stevens |
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Title |
English: Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915 |
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Description |
English: One part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal project involved connecting Salmon Bay with Lake Union. Workers dug the channel with steam shovels and used trains to carry the dirt away.
This photo was taken around 1915. It shows a steam shovel and earthmoving train during the digging of the canal. The buildings in the far left are probably mills near Fremont.
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English: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash." Seattle (Wash.) |
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Date |
circa 1915 date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: 1 glass negative: b&w |
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Dimensions |
height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,6.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,8.5U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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