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Image of Seattle Yacht Club and Portage Bay, April 25, 1930
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Seattle Yacht Club and Portage Bay, April 25, 1930

The Seattle Yacht Club had its first home in West Seattle. After the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened in 1919, the club built new facilities in Montlake, on Portage Bay. This gave members a sheltered place to keep their boats and access to both Lake Washington and Puget Sound. The fresh water of Portage Bay also kept destructive barnacles from…
ID Number:1983.10.4224
Date:1930
Image of Aurora Bridge and ship canal, August 7, 1935
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Aurora Bridge and ship canal, August 7, 1935

Seattle's George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge) was dedicated on February 22, 1932, on the bicentennial of the first president's birth. The governor of the state and a Canadian representative used a two-person saw to cut the official "ribbon," a large Douglas fir. This photo, taken in 1935, shows the main span of the Aurora Bridge above…
ID Number:1983.10.4538.2
Date:1935
Image of Seattle Yacht Club in Portage Bay, Seattle, July 17, 1936
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Seattle Yacht Club in Portage Bay, Seattle, July 17, 1936

The Seattle Yacht Club had its first home in West Seattle. After the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened in 1919, the club built new facilities in Montlake, on Portage Bay. This gave members a sheltered place to keep their boats and access to both Lake Washington and Puget Sound. The fresh water of Portage Bay also kept destructive barnacles from…
ID Number:1983.10.4561.1
Date:1936
Image of Aurora Bridge abutments, circa 1931
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Aurora Bridge abutments, circa 1931

The Aurora Bridge stretches across the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The route of its approach road from the north was controversial. In spite of opposition, the road was build through the Aurora neighborhood and Woodland Park. This photo, taken about 1931, shows the supports of the Aurora Bridge under construction. Logs float near the lumber mill at the base of…
ID Number:1983.10.4971.70
Date:Circa 1931
Image of Aurora Bridge under construction, circa 1931
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Aurora Bridge under construction, circa 1931

The George Washington Memorial Bridge was Seattle's first high-level bridge. Before the bridge opened in 1932, cars and trucks had to wait while smaller bridges opened and closed to let ship traffic move along the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Because the new bridge carries Aurora Avenue across the canal, most people started calling it the Aurora Bridge.In this photo, probably…
ID Number:1983.10.4971.72
Date:Circa 1931
Image of Lake Washington canal, circa 1904
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Lake Washington canal, circa 1904

Several small canals once connected Puget Sound, Lake Union and Lake Washington. These waterways were large enough to move logs but too small for boats. They were replaced by the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which opened in 1917.This photo shows a narrow portion of the canal in about 1904, before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built. The photo may…
ID Number:1983.10.6576.1
Date:1904
Image of Stone Avenue Bridge, 1911
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Stone Avenue Bridge, 1911

Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, a temporary bridge on Stone Avenue carried traffic across to Fremont. Most of the bridge consisted of a wooden roadway on a trestle. The short metal span was just large enough to let logs and small boats pass through.This photo shows the Stone Avenue Bridge in about 1911. Stone Avenue is now…
ID Number:1983.10.6877.1
Date:1911
Image of Lake Washington Ship Canal, circa 1915
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Lake Washington Ship Canal, circa 1915

The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay. This photo shows part of the canal in about 1915, about four years after construction started. It was probably taken between Fremont and Ballard in Seattle. Photographer's Reference Number: 2506
ID Number:1983.10.6929
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Lake Washington Ship Canal under construction, Seattle, circa 1915
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Lake Washington Ship Canal under construction, Seattle, circa 1915

The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay.This photo shows part of the canal in about 1915, about four years after construction started. It was taken towards the east, from a point between Fremont and Ballard. Plumes of steam billow from the heavy earthmoving equipment in…
ID Number:1983.10.6931
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, circa 1915
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Digging the channel for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, circa 1915

One part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal project involved connecting Salmon Bay with Lake Union. Workers dug the channel with steam shovels and used trains to carry the dirt away.This photo was taken around 1915. It shows a steam shovel and earthmoving train during the digging of the canal. The buildings in the far left are probably mills near…
ID Number:1983.10.6932
Date:Circa 1915
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