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Electrician working on tunnel under Pine Street, Seattle, August 20, 1987
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (also Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access. In this image, apprentice electrician Debe Carlton wires a duct bank of PVC pipe to reinforcing steel rebar before forms…
ID Number:2000.107.124.36.04
Date:1987
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Gina Media in her boutique during bus tunnel construction, Seattle, July 22, 1987
In this image, owner Gina Media poses in her boutique, The Mediterranean, at 527 Pine Street. Medina felt the city of Seattle was not concerned enough about the problems of business owners affected by the excavation for the Metro Bus Tunnel along Pine Street. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs…
ID Number:2000.107.124.36.05
Date:1987
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Bus entering Metro tunnel, Seattle, March 16, 1989
In this image a Metro "training coach" goes through one of the two tunnels in downtown Seattle. The Italian-designed bus, which bent in the middle, easily negotiated the curves.The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated…
ID Number:2000.107.124.37.01
Date:1989
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Kurt Grant driving the "Mole" boring machine, Seattle, March 15, 1988
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access. In this image Kurt Grant sits in the control seat of the huge Robbins boring machine, nicknamed the "Mole," under Third…
ID Number:2000.107.124.37.02
Date:1988
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Chris Niggas patching Metro tunnel's waterproof membrane, Seattle, May 18, 1988
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access.In this image taken during tunnel construction, Chris Naggas patches a hole in the waterproof PVC membrane installed to keep water from…
ID Number:2000.107.124.37.03
Date:1988
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Boring machine at Metro tunnel portal, Seattle, May 18, 1987
In this image taken at the Metro Bus Tunnel portal between Jackson Street and Main Street near Fourth Avenue, workers from Shaughnessy Moving Engineers and Atkinson and Dillingham Construction Company remove the last of two iron support beams that held up the huge new Robbins boring machine, nicknamed the "Mole," during transportation. At its starting place in this photo, the…
ID Number:2000.107.124.37.04
Date:1987
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Excavation for Metro bus tunnel at 6th and Pine, Seattle, January 4, 1988
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access.In this image, Pine Street at Sixth Avenue is shown being excavated once again for tunnel construction after it had been temporarily…
ID Number:2000.107.124.37.05
Date:1988
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Becky Hobbs at Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento, Seattle, August 22, 1974
In this image of Rebecca "Becky" Hobbs, the University of Washington Minority Affairs Office staff assistant discusses the first annual Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento (Women in the Movement conference), held over three days at El Centro de La Raza on Beacon Hill. The event was an initial step in establishing a state-wide network for job listings, education opportunities,…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.01
Date:1974
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Marta Cano at Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento, Seattle, August 22, 1974
In this image of Marta Cano, the Seattle Public Schools administrative intern discusses the first annual Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento (Women in the Movement conference) held over three days at El Centro de La Raza on Beacon Hill. "The Chicana is in a double bind. We're treated as a minority within our own culture. People take it for…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.02
Date:1974
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Cesar Cardona and Margo Ramirez dancing during Cinco de Mayo celebration, Seattle, May 5, 1981
Cinco de Mayo marks a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. It is very popular among Mexican-Americans and is often celebrated with singing and dancing. In this image, Cesar Cardona and Margo Ramirez dance at the Cinco de Mayo celebration at South Seattle Community College in 1981. They are performing the jarabe tapatÃo, often referred to as the…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.05
Date:1981