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English: Train at Skagit River power site, ca. 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Train at Skagit River power site, ca. 1921
Description
English: Harsh terrain made the development of Seattle City Light's three Skagit River dams very difficult. Once they got permission to proceed on the Gorge Creek Diversion Dam in 1918, workers built access roads and a railway line, the Skagit River Railway, to haul supplies and workers to the construction site.

This photo, taken around 1921, shows what is probably an excursion train on the Skagit River Railway. The railroad connected the Great Northern Railway at Rockport with the construction town of Newhalem, some 23 miles up the canyon. The gasoline-powered engine appears to have been converted from a truck.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Automobiles; Dams; Railroads; Seattle City Light ; Skagit River Railway
Depicted place
English: Skagit River Region (Wash." Whatcom County (Wash.)
Date circa 1921
date QS:P571,+1921-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5845
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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