File:Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca 1915 (MOHAI 5949).jpg

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English: Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, ca. 1915
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.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canal construction; Steam shovels
Depicted place
English: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash." Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1915
date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
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
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5949
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.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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