159 results for: Lake Washington Ship Canal
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Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.109a
Date:Circa 1944
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U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.127
Date:1944
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Olson & Winge Marine Works machinists on deck of the Columbia, formerly the King & Winge, Seattle, 1944
This image of machinists Frank Smith, Homer Pricket, and Axel Olson, was taken in 1944 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The men are posing on the deck of the schooner Columbia, formerly the King & Winge, which was built in 1914 by the King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, an important maritime…
ID Number:1972.5503.135
Date:1944
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Pilot boat CGR-2469 in the water at the Olson & Winge Marine Works, Seattle, 1944
Coast Guard pilot boat CGR-2469 came to the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard as the Columbia for conversion during World War II. She had been built in 1914 as the King & Winge, one of the most famous ships ever built in Seattle. Designed by Albert Winge, she was built by the King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, intended as…
ID Number:1972.5503.141
Date:1944
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Flume on portage between Lake Union and Lake Washington, Seattle, circa 1908
Here, a log flume on the future Lake Washington Ship Canal is featured in a stereoview. Embossed on mount: Harwood
ID Number:1974.5868.192
Date:Circa 1908
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F.M. Hopwood standing on current site of Montlake Bridge, Seattle, 1907
According to the note on this photo, F.M Hopwood is photographed at the future site of the Montlake Bridge. Handwritten on verso: 1907 - F.M. Hopwood standing where Boulevard now is and 23rd Ave [...] crossed Portage.
ID Number:1974.5868.255
Date:1907
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Logs in Montlake canal, Seattle, 1908
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo shows a man guiding logs down the canal in the Montlake area. Handwritten on verso: 1908 - Portage canal - Portage log canal - parallel to and south of present Mountlake [sic] canal.
ID Number:1974.5868.256
Date:1908
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Washington Park, Seattle, May 2, 1908
This photo looks out from Washington Park in Capitol Hill towards what would become the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Handwritten on verso: May 2, 1908. Washington Park on north east slope of Capitol Hill. Mountlake [sic] Cut site in distance. Before canal was constructed.
ID Number:1974.5868.257
Date:1908
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Logs in Montlake canal, Seattle, 1906
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo shows logs entering the Lake Washington end of the canal. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: 1906 - Portage canal - Lake Wash. to Union Bay (before Ship Canal)
ID Number:1974.5868.407
Date:1906
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Washington Park Boulevard, Seattle, 1906
This view looks out over Washington Park Boulevard to Lake Union and Portage Bay below. Handwritten on verso: 1906 - Boulevard, Lk Union, Portage and University.
ID Number:1974.5868.532
Date:1906