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Coal yard at Madison Park showing street frontage on Laurelshade Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915
The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USASigns in image:…
ID Number:1978.6585.21c
Date:Circa 1915
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Tug S.L. Dowell on Lake Washington, Seattle, circa 1915
Handwritten on image: 4581. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USATyped on verso: "Tug S.L. Dowell" to be renamed "Pacific Coast." Part of equipment purchased with Madison Park Yard on Lake Washington for having coal barges on the lake.
ID Number:1978.6585.21d
Date:Circa 1915
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Ford Mine top works, Coal Creek, circa 1915
Between 1910 and 1926, the Ford Slope Mine was one of the most productive mines in the Newcastle/Coal Creek area. This photo shows the buildings at the top of Ford Slope Mine sometime between 1912 and 1918. The large building near the five tall smokestacks is the steam plant which powered the mine pumps and generators. Other buildings house the…
ID Number:1978.6585.25a
Date:Circa 1915
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Pacific Coast Coal Co. General Merchandise Store, Black Diamond, circa 1915
In 1904 the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company sold the entire town of Black Diamond to the Pacific Coast Coal Company, including the company store. The company store sold merchandise to the miners which were charged to each miner's account. On payday, the credit charges were settled and the miners received the remainder of their pay. The store building had…
ID Number:1978.6585.30
Date:Circa 1915
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Mine office at Black Diamond, Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1880s, prospectors from the Black Diamond Coal Company, a California firm, found rich coal deposits in King County, Washington. Over the next fifty years, the mines at Black Diamond were among the county's highest producers. This photo, taken around 1920, shows the mine office in Black Diamond. It was located just west of the Pacific Coast Coal…
ID Number:1978.6585.31
Date:Circa 1920
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Mine superintendents' homes, Black Diamond, Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1880s, prospectors from the Black Diamond Coal Company, a California firm, found rich coal deposits in King County, Washington. Over the next fifty years, the mines at Black Diamond were among the county's highest producers.This photo, taken in Black Diamond around 1920, shows the homes of the General Superintendent of Mines (l.) and the Superintendent (r.) on…
ID Number:1978.6585.32
Date:Circa 1920
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Top works at Mine 11, Black Diamond, circa 1915
This photo shows the surface facilities for Pacific Coast Company's power house and bunkers at Mine No. 11, previously known as the Morgan Slope. Mines were often named for the section of land where they were located. Since this mine was in Section 11, Township 21 North, Range 6 East, it was called Mine No. 11. Around 1915, Mine No.…
ID Number:1978.6585.33
Date:Circa 1915
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Bunkers at Mine B, Black Diamond, circa 1915
Mine B operated from 1911 to 1914 on what was known as the Franklin series No. 13 coal seam, which was located stratigraphically below the McKay and west of the larger Mine No. 11. Mine B had a maximum depth of 450 feet. Handwritten on image: 11750Typed on verso: Mine B Bunkers, Black DiamondSame as SHS19179
ID Number:1978.6585.38
Date:Circa 1915
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Company store at Franklin, circa 1920
Coal mining began at Franklin, Washington in 1884 and reached its peak around 1900. This photo, taken around 1920, shows the coal company store at Franklin, Washington, where miners and their families bought their food and other goods. Handwritten on image: 11706Sign in image: Western Union Telegraph and CablesTyped on verso: Store at Franklinshs19180
ID Number:1978.6585.39
Date:Circa 1920
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Cannon Mine trestle across Green River and mount of mine, Franklin, circa 1915
The mouth of the Cannon Mine, in Franklin, Washington, was located deep in the Green River Gorge. After workers brought coal out of the mine on coal cars, they hauled it across the river on a bridge and then hoisted it up the hill to the coal bunkers above. After it was cleaned and sorted, the coal was loaded on…
ID Number:1978.6585.43
Date:Circa 1915