Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938

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Image of Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938 — 1986.5.6554.3

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Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938

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Just north of the Oceanography building on the University of Washington campus, an outdoor scale model of the lower Puyallup River was built by the University and the Works Progress Administration for experimentation in flood control.

The names Norton, William; Abie, Don; Harris, Charles, Prof; Griffith, Howard; Snook, Glenn; Reynolds, Earl; Sather, F. I.; Hussey, Edward were noted in the photo database but were not listed on the negative sleeves for the series of three photos.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 8, 1938

Caption information source: Writers' Program (Wash." (1972). Washington, a Guide to the Evergreen State."(p. 237)"

ID Number: 1986.5.6554.3

Date: 1938

Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.6554.3

Subjects: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Great Depression, Environment and Climate