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Image of Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909

This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.33.8
Date:1909
Image of Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
Photograph

Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909

This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen in the foreground, and the Washington Hotel is on the hill in the top left of the frame.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer…
ID Number:1995.38.33.9
Date:1909
Image of Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
Photograph

Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909

This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904,…
ID Number:1995.38.37.255
Date:1909
Image of Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
Photograph

Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909

This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.37.264
Date:1909
Image of Aerial view of Harbor Island, Seattle, July 20, 1964
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Aerial view of Harbor Island, Seattle, July 20, 1964

Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of Seattle, Washington's, Duwamish River where it empties into Elliott Bay. Built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Harbor Island was completed in 1909 and was then the largest artificial island in the world, at 350 acres. Harbor Island was made from 24 million yd³ of earth removed in the…
ID Number:2009.23.145
Date:1964
Image of View of street and flour mill, looking southeast on Alki Avenue, March 19, 1913
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View of street and flour mill, looking southeast on Alki Avenue, March 19, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill, and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.15
Date:1913
Image of Construction workers on plank road during Alki Avenue regrade, April 19, 1913
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Construction workers on plank road during Alki Avenue regrade, April 19, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.20
Date:1913
Image of Hydraulic work during Alki Avenue regrade, West Seattle, June 20, 1913
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Hydraulic work during Alki Avenue regrade, West Seattle, June 20, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.45
Date:1913
Image of Alki Avenue during regrade, Seattle, July 21, 1913
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Alki Avenue during regrade, Seattle, July 21, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.59
Date:1913
Image of View south on Alki Avenue during regrade, showing rail tracks and homes, West Seattle, August 19, 1913
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View south on Alki Avenue during regrade, showing rail tracks and homes, West Seattle, August 19, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.61
Date:1913
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