File:Madison Street Cable Company's power house, 1893 (MOHAI 7316).jpg

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English: Madison Street Cable Company's power house, 1893   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Frank La Roche  (1853–1934)  wikidata:Q26202817
 
Alternative names
Frank La Roche, Sr.
Description American photographer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 1934 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Philadelphia Sedro-Woolley
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creator QS:P170,Q26202817
Title
English: Madison Street Cable Company's power house, 1893
Description
English: The Madison Street cable car line began running in 1890. It carried passengers and freight between the Seattle waterfront and Lake Washington. The cable cars were pulled along their tracks by a series of cables running under the street. Cars rode one cable between the waterfront and the powerhouse, coasted a short distance, and caught a second cable to the lake. In the early days, most of the route was wooded.

This 1893 photo shows the Madison Street Railway Company's power house, located south of Madison Street between 22nd and 23rd Avenues East. At this time, the line's two cables were powered by steam. In 1911, the power source was changed to electricity.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Cable railroads; Madison Street Cable Railway Company--Buildings
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date 1893
date QS:P571,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 21 cm (8.2 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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The author died in 1934, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.


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.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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