206 results for: Railroads
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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
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Waterfront and tidal flats from Beacon Hill, circa 1898
Tidal mudflats once extended all the way to the foot of Seattle's Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Developers bought these tidelands and filled it in for sawmills, shipyards, flour mills, and other waterfront industries.This photo by Anders Wilse, probably taken in 1898, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like before…
ID Number:1983.10.6049.2
Date:Circa 1898
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Oxen hauling logs along waterfront, Seattle, circa 1885
As Seattle grew, the hills above the city were gradually logged over. Oxen and railroads hauled the logs to the sawmills at the waterfront.This photo, taken in the 1880s, shows a long team of oxen hauling a train of huge logs along a trestle at the Seattle waterfront. It is believed to show the first load of logs carried by…
ID Number:1983.10.6232
Date:Circa 1885
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Locomotive A.A. Denny, circa 1880
Seattle's first railroad, the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad, was built to carry coal from the mines east of Lake Washington to the Seattle waterfront. The narrow-gauge railroad's first locomotive was named the "A.A. Denny" in honor of one Seattle's founders, Arthur A. Denny. In 1880, the railroad became the Columbia and Puget Sound Railway.This photo, taken around 1880, shows…
ID Number:1983.10.6275
Date:Circa 1880
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First railroad depot in Seattle, circa 1880
Seattle's first railway station stood near where King Street Station stands today. At that time, much of the land in that part of the city was still underwater at high tide, and the tracks of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad ran over the tidelands on wooden trestles. This photo, taken about 1880, shows the depot, sometimes called the Columbia…
ID Number:1983.10.6284
Date:Circa 1880
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King Street railroad yard, Seattle, circa 1883
In 1881, the Oregon Improvement Company expanded the King Street Coat Wharf with a new trestle, along with two new docks and warehouses. This new wharf was the end point of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, where cargo was loaded into ships. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Handwritten on sleeve: Eng. House of Columbia & Puget Sound RR,…
ID Number:1983.10.6322
Date:Circa 1883
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Denny Clay Company buildings, circa 1911
By 1910, the Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company was one of Renton's most important businesses. Company workers removed the clay from nearby cliffs using high pressure hoses. Other laborers formed and baked the clay into bricks, sewer tile, terra cotta, and other building materials. By 1917, the Denny-Renton Clay Company was reportedly the world's largest producer of street paving brick.…
ID Number:1983.10.6573.2
Date:Circa 1911
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View of river, bridge, and town of Snohomish, Washington, circa 1910
The town of Snohomish sits at the confluence of the Pilchuck and Snohomish Rivers. From here, the Snohomish River flows northwest and joins Puget Sound north of Everett. This photo, probably taken sometime in the early 1900s, shows a bend in the Snohomish River and a railroad bridge crossing over to the town of Snohomish. Webster & Stevens number: 96
ID Number:1983.10.6581
Date:Circa 1910
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Alki Avenue, Seattle, circa 1911
This view looks north along Railroad Avenue and shows the ferry terminal. The car line and tide-washed "road" under the trestle and alongside the lowlands had been named Railroad Avenue, but by 1910 was renamed Alki Avenue. Signs in image: Elliott Bay Yacht & Engine Co. Inc. - General Boat Building & Repairing, Marine Ways. Boat Building & Repairing -…
ID Number:1983.10.6599
Date:Circa 1911
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Rainier Beach streetcar station, circa 1911
In 1896, the old Seattle and Rainier Beach trolley line was extended to Renton. At that time, the 12-mile route between Seattle and Renton was the longest electric railway line in the world. The line, known after 1903 as the Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway, provided passenger and freight service to the once-isolated settlements between the two cities.This 1911 photo…
ID Number:1983.10.6605
Date:Circa 1911