Puget Sound Machinery Depot photograph collection

Puget Sound Machinery Depot photograph collection, approximately 1922

Overview of the Collection

Title: Puget Sound Machinery Depot photograph collection
Dates: approximately 1922 (inclusive)
19221922
Quantity: 16 photographic prints (2 folders) ; various sizes
Collection Number: PH0917
Summary: Exterior and interior views of the Puget Sound Machinery Depot
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Additional Reference Guides
Languages: English

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

In the late 19th century Matthew Dow's construction company built the Puget Sound Machinery Depot in what is now considered Seattle's SoDo district. The address was 121-139 West Massachusettes Street. The Depot worked primarily on train and ship machinery such as boilers and engines.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These photographs include exterior and interior views of the Puget Sound Machinery Depot. Depot locations such as the Boiler Shop Building, Tile Warehouse, Bull Riveting Tower, Main Machine Shop, and outside service tracks are key subject matter. In some of these locations men are constructing boilers and engines for trains and ships or posing with them.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

These photographs are organized by the location in which they were taken at the Puget Sound Machinery Depot in 1922. The locations are sorted in the following order: the Main Machine Shop, the Boiler Shop, the Machine Shop, the Bull Riveting Tower, the Tile Warehouse, sheds and service tracks.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Richard M. Crosby and Charles M.Gates

Processing Note

Processed by Aletheia Wittman; processing completed in 2011.

Photographs transferred from Industries and Occupation Subject Files, 2011.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box:oversize	item
XH6	1	Exterior of the Main Machine Shop, Puget Sound Machinery Depot, 121-139 West Massachusettes St. Typed on verso: Exterior view of our Main Machine Shop.	1922?
Folder
1	2	Boiler shop building Typed on verso: Exterior view of Boiler Shop Building, 150' wide and 270' long.	1922?
1	3	Boiler shop building Typed on verso: View of the rear end of the Boiler Shop showing Spur Track into Shop.	1922?
1	4	Boiler shop interior Typed on verso: View of main bay of our Boiler Shop showing Overhead Electric Crane which extends over Spur Track. This picture also shows a number of water tube boilers in course of construction.	1922?
1	5	Boiler shop interior Typed on verso: View of main bay of our Boiler Shop showing water tube boilers being assembled.	1922?
1	6	Boiler shop interior Typed on verso: View of three locomotive boilers in shop for new fireboxes. Picture shows new firebox assembled.	1922?
1	7	Boiler shop interior Typed on verso: View of Light Sheet Metal Department in Boiler Shop.	1922?
1	8	Machine shop interior Typed on verso: View of Machine Shop, with overhead Electric Crane, adjoining our Boiler Shop.	1922?
1	9	Machine shop interior Typed on verso: View of one of the erecting bays of our Machine Shop showing a number of 1400 H.P. Triple Expansion Marine Engines built for U.S. Shipping Board.	1922?
1	10	Machine shop interior Typed on verso: Another Open Side Planner in our Machine Shop showing low Pressure Cylinder for a 1400 H.P. Engine.	1922?
1	11	Bull riveting tower Typed on verso: View of Bull Riveting Tower.	1922?
1	12	Tile warehouse Typed on verso: View of rear end of Tile Warehouse at extreme north end of our property showing Spur Track with Overhead Crane. This space accomodates one locomotive.	1922?
1	13	Locomotive engine track in shed Typed on verso: View of our Tracks with new shed in course of construction. This picture was taken on Dec. 29th, 1922. The shed is now finished. The picture shows one G. N. Engine in front and three N.P. Engines in rear end of track dollies. Engines were stripped under our outside crane and boilers put in Boiler Shop for new fireboxes. We can accomodate six engines on this track.	December 29, 1922
1	14	Three boilers on track Typed on verso: Three Scotch Marine Boilers 14' Dia, & 11' 6" long. Weight 52 tons each. Bult for U.S. Shipping Board.	1922?
1	15	Great Northern Railroad engine being overhauled Typed on verso: View of G.N. Engine No. 1106 in rear of Warehouse for general overhauling.	1922?
1	16	Service track outside boiler shop Typed on verso: View of service track at Boiler Shop where tanks on tenders are repaired.	1922?

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