217 results for: Railroads
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Party on ski train to Snoqualmie Pass, January 28, 1939
In the late 1930s, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company (called the Milwaukee Road) ran special trains to the Snoqualmie Ski Bowl near Hyak, Washington. The ski trains were very popular, and skiers sometimes turned the trip into a party.This January 1939 photo shows a group of young skiers singing and playing music as they travel on the…
ID Number:PI26880
Date:1939
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First passenger train to summit of White Pass, February 20, 1899
On February 20, 1899, the first passenger train on the White Pass & Yukon Route crossed over the summit of White Pass. The railroad owners had targeted Christmas 1898 as the day they wanted to reach the summit, but brutal weather caused construction delays and drove some workers to quit.In this photo by Eric Hegg, the White Pass & Yukon…
ID Number:SHS38
Date:1899
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White Pass & Yukon, laying at Bennett, track, 1899
On July 6, 1899, construction workers finally completed the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad line through White Pass to Lake Bennett, British Columbia. It took fourteen months to build the 40-mile railway line from Skagway, Alaska.This photo by Eric Hegg shows the laying of the last track on the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad between Skagway, Alaska, and…
ID Number:SHS40
Date:1899
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Terminus of White Pass and Yukon Railroad at Bennett, British Columbia, August 5, 1899
The White Pass & Yukon Route railroad reached the shores of Lake Bennett on July 6, 1899. For a short time, freight and passengers transferred to steamboats at Bennett which carried them to Carcross. There, they boarded the train again for Whitehorse, and transferred to steamboats again to get to Dawson, the closest port to the Yukon gold fields. Eventually…
ID Number:SHS41
Date:1899
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Icy tracks on the White Pass & Yukon Route, circa 1899
Winter snow in the coastal mountains was a constant problem for the White Pass and Yukon Route railway. Subzero temperatures, icy conditions, and snowfalls of several feet were common. The railroad's snowplows couldn't always get through, and sometimes passengers had to help clear the tracks.This photo by Eric Hegg shows workers clearing ice from the tracks of the White Pass…
ID Number:SHS42
Date:Circa 1899
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Arrival of the first log shipment via the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, Seattle, 1880
As Seattle grew, the trees on the hills above the city were gradually cut down, and logs needed to be hauled a longer distance to the sawmills along the waterfront. In this 1880 image, dignitaries pose by part of the first shipment of logs carried into the city by the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad. Original photo copied by Webster…
ID Number:SHS330
Date:1880
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Waterfront from Beacon Hill, Seattle, circa 1898
The area south of downtown Seattle was originally made up of tidal flats; soil dredged from the Duwamish River and sluiced from the Denny triangle and Beacon Hill regrades was used to create this industrial area needed by area businesses and railroads. This image, taken between 1890-1900, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like before the tidal flats were…
ID Number:SHS462
Date:Circa 1898
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Puget Sound tribal members at the Railroad Jubilee barbecue, Seattle, September 1883
Northern Pacific Railroad Company President Henry Villard (1835-1900) visited Seattle shortly after he and U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) drove the "golden spike" on September 8, 1883, near Independence Creek, Montana, symbolizing the completion of the of Northern Pacific Railroad. A celebration honoring the transcontinental railroad was held on the grounds of the Territorial University (now University of…
ID Number:SHS468
Date:1883
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Jackson Street looking east from waterfront, Seattle, circa 1892
The topography of Seattle neighborhood now called the Chinatown - International District (CID) was altered drastically during the Jackson Street regrade from 1907 to 1909. About fifty-six city blocks were reshaped by the regrade, twenty-nine of them excavated and twenty-seven raised above the tide flats. On Jackson, dirt was mostly removed to lower the street nearly 90 feet at 9th…
ID Number:SHS469
Date:Circa 1892
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Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad locomotive "D.H. Gilman," circa 1887
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern RailwayCompany was formed in 1885 by Daniel Gilman, Judge Thomas Burke, and other Seattle businessmen. By 1887, it ran from the Seattle waterfront to Smith Cove, across Salmon Bay, and along the northwest side of Lake Washington. By 1888, the line reached Fall City to the east and Snohomish to the north, eventually connecting…
ID Number:SHS1143
Date:Circa 1887