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Mrs. Frank Morrell collection of photographs of the Denny Regrade, 1929?
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Mrs. Frank Morrell collection of photographs of the Denny Regrade
- Dates
- 1929? (inclusive)19291929
- Quantity
- 12 photographs (1 folder)
- Collection Number
- PH1446
- Summary
- Photographs of work on the Denny Regrade around 4th and 5th avenues, and Seneca, Marion, James, and Cherry streets
- Repository
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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
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Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The Denny Hill regrade was a project that took many years and and $2.25 million dollars to complete. The first phase (1898-1899) leveled 1st Avenue from Pine Street to Denny Way. The second phase, during which the photographs in this collection were taken, regraded the area from 2nd to 5th Avenues between Pike and Cedar Streets. It took 11 years for this phase to be completed. In this phase, more than five million cubic yards of dirt were sluiced into Elliott Bay. The avenues and streets were lowered to a gradient no more than 5%, and 4th and 5th Avenues were widened. The Denny Hill regrade was not fully completed until the 1930s, when the last embankment along 5th Avenue was removed.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of work on the Denny Regrade around 5th and Seneca
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Denny Hill RegradeReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 1 | circa 1929 | |
1 | 2 | circa 1929 | |
1 | 3 |
Train moving dirt carts under elevated foot bridge at
4th and Cherry Street Written on verso: 4th and Cherry, So. on "4" from Columbia,
Bldg on right old athletic club
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 4 |
Train passing under elevated foot bridge at 4th and
Cherry Street Written on verso: 4th and Cherry, So. on 4th Ave from Columbia
St., Bldg on right at S.W. cor 4 & Cherry since been cut back 2 windows
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 5 |
Train moving carts past Marion Street on 4th Written on verso: 4 & MarionNo on 4th Ave at Marion St
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 6 |
Train passing under elevated footbridge at Marion Street
and 4th Written on verso: 4th & Marion, N. on 4th Ave at
Marion
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 7 |
Cablecar travelling downhill during regrade
work Written on verso: 4th & James?
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 8 |
Looking west over regrade activities on Seneca Street
showing the Savoy Hotel Written on verso: West on Seneca St. from 6th Ave (?),
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 9 | circa 1929 | |
1 | 10 |
Group of workers standing at 5th Ave in front of regrade
activities on Seneca Street Written on verso: E. on Seneca from 5 Av
|
circa 1929 |
1 | 11 | circa 1929 | |
1 | 12 | circa 1929 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)