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Lumber and shingle mill, circa 1905
Machias, a lumber town in Snohomish County, had a sawmill which cut both lumber and shingles.This photo was taken in Machias around 1905. Large logs (right) are being hauled up the chute to be cut into lumber. Smaller chunks of cedar (left) are riding up a chain belt to be sawed into shingles. Webster & Stevens number: 2471
ID Number:1983.10.6912
Date:Circa 1905
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Children and logging crew with a big log, circa 1903
Sometime in the early 1900s, members of a logging crew and their children and dogs posed for a photographer from the Seattle firm of Webster & Stevens A big log provided a sign of the loggers' occupation as well as a convenient place for a little girl to sit. While the location of the photograph is unknown, it is probably…
ID Number:1983.10.6913
Date:Circa 1903
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Logging train at Mt. Si, circa 1904
At first, logging companies cut trees along rivers and other bodies of water. They floated the logs downstream to the sawmill. After these areas were logged over, companies began using railroads to haul logs to a river or directly to the mill. The tracks could be moved as needed.This photo shows a Shay locomotive, the train crew, and flatcars full…
ID Number:1983.10.6916
Date:Circa 1904
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Logging camp cookhouse, circa 1904
Loggers ate their meals in the lumber camp's cookhouse. They needed three big meals to give them enough energy for ten hours of work in the woods. At a typical meal they might eat boiled corned beef, baked beans, potatoes, hash, pancakes, biscuits, butter, and coffee. Most lumber camp cooks were men.This photo shows the inside of a lumber camp…
ID Number:1983.10.6917
Date:Circa 1904
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Horse team hauling logs on skid road, circa 1904
At first, loggers used oxen to haul logs out of the woods. Later, they used horses, which were more intelligent and easier to handle. The teams pulled the logs along skid roads to a river or railroad line. Skid roads were built of logs laid across or along the track. Greasing the skid road logs made it easier to pull…
ID Number:1983.10.6919
Date:Circa 1904
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Fourth and Pike, Seattle, circa 1903
Signs in image: Carpenter's Hall. A.B. [C...] St. Louis Beer. [...] Beer 5 Cents - Double Stamp Bar - Fred. G. Beck. Frisco Cafe - Oysters, Chops, Steaks - Open Day & Night - Oysters in Any Style 25 Cents.Handwritten on sleeve: 4th & Pike.Webster & Stevens number: 2481
ID Number:1983.10.6925
Date:Circa 1903
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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
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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
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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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Lake Washington Ship Canal, 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 was taken from a dock on Salmon Bay, at the west end of the canal route, looking east. Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Wn Canal.Photographer's Reference Number: 2510
ID Number:1983.10.6933
Date:Circa 1915