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Children watching model train display at Seattle Center, June 1, 1963
After the close of the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) many of the buildings built for the fair were converted for community use. The Seattle Center reopened in June of 1963 with an informal opening attended by 20,000 people. A formal dedication was held 6 days later on June 7.In this image, young people watch model trains running…
ID Number:1986.5.7759.3
Date:1963
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Morrison family at Stampede Pass Hospital, circa 1888
In February 1886, work began on the Northern Pacific Railroad's Stampede Pass Tunnel through the Cascade Mountains. At the east portal worksite, workers built barracks, supply buildings, the engineers' headquarters and a hospital. The hospital was staffed by a Dr. Morrison, who lived there with his family during the building of the tunnel.In this photo, taken sometime after 1886, Dr.…
ID Number:1986.17.1
Date:Circa 1888
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Large group of people at Stampede Pass Tunnel, circa 1888
During the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad's Stampede Tunnel through the Cascade Mountains, the company regularly took photos of work crews and officials as a way of recording progress and marking major milestones. The group in this late 1880s photo, which includes a few women and children, has gathered near a large trestle.
ID Number:1986.17.4
Date:Circa 1888
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Northern Pacific line in Green River Valley, circa 1888
This view of the Northern Pacific Railroad along upper reaches of the Green River was taken in the 1880s. It has been suggested that the smoke in the background is the town of Weston, established in 1886, which lay at the base of the heaviest grade on the west side of the mountains, following a drop of 1,000 feet in…
ID Number:1986.17.8
Date:Circa 1888
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Northern Pacific switchback bridge #4, circa 1888
During the construction of the Stampede Tunnel, the Northern Pacific Railroad had to provide an alternate route to Tacoma to bring in supplies. Workers built an impressive switchback track across the summit of the Cascades. The steep grades and deep ravines required the construction of numerous trestle bridges. Most were built from wood, which was nearby and plentiful.This photo, taken…
ID Number:1986.17.10
Date:Circa 1888
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Mosquito Creek Falls, site of Stampede Tunnel, circa 1886
In February 1886, workers from the Northern Pacific Railroad set up camp near Martin, Washington and began work on the east portal of the Stampede Tunnel. Nearby Mosquito Creek Falls provided water for the camp, and its rock face was an ideal site for the tunnel entrance. Before the construction workers could start digging the tunnel, they had to divert…
ID Number:1986.17.11
Date:Circa 1886
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Locomotive at tunnel near Stampede Pass, circa 1888
Northern Pacific trains heading eastward through the Cascade Mountains passed through several smaller tunnels before reaching the longer Stampede Tunnel. This photo, probably taken in the late 1880s, shows a Northern Pacific train with two engines coming out of Tunnel No. 4 on its way to the main tunnel. Steep grades often required the use of more than one locomotive.
ID Number:1986.17.14
Date:Circa 1888
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Railroad car and cottages at the Big Four Inn, circa 1921
In the 1920s, Bethel and Wyatt Rucker built the Hartford & Eastern Railway to connect their mining, lumber and real estate interests east of Everett, Washington. The gasoline-powered train started at Hartford, passed through the farmlands near Granite Falls, climbed through the rocky mountainsides along the Stilliguamish River to the Big Four Inn and reached the end of the line…
ID Number:1986.30.1
Date:Circa 1921
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King Street Station employees posing in coach yard, Seattle, October 2, 1929
From 1888 through the 1950s trains dominated travel in and out of Seattle, via the King Street Station and Union Station in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Built between 1904 and 1906, the King Street Station served the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway until the creation and start of Amtrak in 1971. The depot with its 242-foot clock tower…
ID Number:1989.87.1
Date:1929
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Electric engines at the new Cascade Tunnel, February 24, 1927
During the construction of the new Cascade Tunnel in 1927, electricity was needed for lighting, power drills and blasting equipment. It also powered the small railroad engines, called motors, which carried the workers and equipment to the construction sites in the tunnel shaft.This photo, taken in 1927, shows a group of construction workers and small electric engines during the construction…
ID Number:1990.85.2
Date:1927