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Arrival of the first log shipment via the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, Seattle, 1880

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As Seattle grew, the trees on the hills above the city were gradually cut down, and logs needed to be hauled a longer distance to the sawmills along the waterfront. In this 1880 image, dignitaries pose by part of the first shipment of logs carried into the city by the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad.

Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.

SHS category: Lumbering
ID Number: SHS330
Date: 1880
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 5.5 x 9.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS330
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Washington Territory, European American Settlement, Railroads, Lumber and Logging, Transportation

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