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Men in Metro Sewer project pipe, Seattle, February 1962
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, commonly known as Metro, was designed to provide regional solutions for the problems of King County's fast-growing metropolitan area. In 1958, after rejecting a proposal for an agency with authority over a range of issues, voters approved a plan authorizing Metro to deal with a single pressing problem -- wastewater treatment. Over the next decade,…
ID Number:1981.7227.7.1
Date:1962
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Metro Quarterly, April 1964
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, commonly known as Metro, was designed to provide regional solutions for the problems of King County's fast-growing metropolitan area. In 1958, after rejecting a proposal for an agency with authority over a range of issues, voters approved a plan authorizing Metro to deal with a single pressing problem -- wastewater treatment. Over the next decade,…
ID Number:1981.7227.11
Date:1964
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Puddle backfill, Keechelus Dam, circa 1917
East of the Cascade Mountains, rainfall is unpredictable and farming is difficult without a steady supply of water. As early as 1890, various private irrigation projects tried to remedy this by diverting water from the mountains to the dry land below. By 1906, the United States Bureau of Reclamation had bought several reservoir sites, including Lake Keechelus. This photo, taken…
ID Number:1981.7333.78
Date:Circa 1917
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Meadow Creek, Washington, circa 1917
The Keechelus Dam, at the south end of Lake Keechelus, was completed in 1917. For several summers, dam construction workers lived at a camp called Meadow Creek. The temporary town had a post office, school, store, YMCA, and several other businesses. Almost everyone left during the winter, except for about 25 families who stayed on to take care of the…
ID Number:1981.7333.111
Date:Circa 1917
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South Park Fieldhouse and playground, Seattle, circa 1913
The South Park Fieldhouse was one of the first recreation buildings constructed by the Seattle Parks Department and served the diverse community of South Park. Dedicated in 1913, the field house contained a gym complete with lockers and showers, a social room, a crafts room, kitchen, and staff room. The ball field was used by a variety of sports organizations,…
ID Number:1982.156.6
Date:Circa 1913
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Librarian and child at Seattle Public Library's University Branch, circa 1925
The University Branch of the Seattle Public Library (SPL) opened in 1910 at Roosevelt Way NE and 50th Street, and was SPL's second branch library. Before the construction of the University Branch, the University District had been served by small library deposit stations as well as temporary libraries located in the University Pharmacy and the University Methodist Church. Industrialist Andrew…
ID Number:1983.10.578
Date:1925
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City Light power plant on Lake Union, circa 1926
Seattle City Light built a coal-burning steam plant in 1906 to generate electricity for the growing city. With its large windows and smokestacks, this distinctive building on Lake Union is still a landmark. The power plant operated until 1984. It is now the home of a research company which has preserved the building's earlier character.This photo, taken in the mid-1920s,…
ID Number:1983.10.608
Date:Circa 1926
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Columbia City Branch Library, Seattle, circa 1927
Opened in 1915, this was the smallest of Seattle's Carnegie libraries. The building was designed by W. Marbury Somervell and Harlan Thomas. Handwritten on sleeve: Columbia City libraryCaption information source: Seattle Public LibraryWebster & Stevens number: 122159
ID Number:1983.10.745
Date:Circa 1927
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General strike participants leaving shipyards, Seattle, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1983.10.1347.3
Date:1919
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Putting out the fire at the Hotel Lincoln, April 7, 1920
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope.…
ID Number:1983.10.1870.2
Date:1920