Seattle Lighting Company Photograph Albums

Seattle Lighting Company Photograph Albums, 1895-1907

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle Lighting Company
Title: Seattle Lighting Company Photograph Albums
Dates: 1895-1907 (inclusive)
18951907
Quantity: 456 photographic prints in 5 albums (2 boxes)
Collection Number: PH0050
Summary: Photographs documenting construction of coal gas works on Lake Union
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: Selected images can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
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Languages: English

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

In 1876, the Seattle Gas Light Company purchased land on the north shore of Lake Union due to its projected commercial value. In 1904, rival energy companies joined to form the Seattle Lighting Company. In 1906, this company began constructing a gas works plant at the Lake Union site, which was called Brown’s Point. This plant would replace the gas works at 5th and Jackson St, which was razed for the construction of the Union Pacific Train Station. In 1937, the Lake Union gas plant converted from coal oven gas manufacturing to oil-gas manufacturing. In 1956, the Lake Union Gas Plant was placed on a stand-by basis as Seattle switched to natural gas. In 1970, the City of Seattle commissioned Richard Haag to transform the site of the plant into a public park, which sparked Haag’s popular campaign to “save-the-gas-works.” By the summer of 1976, Gas Works Park was completed, still retaining elements of the original 1906 gas works equipment.

The Blue Canyon Coal Mining Company, located on Lake Whatcom in Whatcom County, opened March 1891. Prior to WWI, their biggest client was the U.S. Navy. On April 8, 1895, an explosion in the mine killed 23 miners. The courts ruled the explosion an accident, caused by an improperly bored hole, which ignited a pocket of methane. The mine closed in November 1919, due to competition from other mines and the increased popularity of oil as a fuel source. Later, stray cinders from a Northern Pacific Railway train ignited the mine's coal bunkers, solidifying the end of the Blue Canyon Mining Company.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Images from 1906-1907 of the Seattle Lighting Company gas plant at 5th and Jackson Street and the construction of the Lake Union Gas Works. Also images of the Blue Canyon Coal Mining Company from 1895-1900.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

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

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Michael Maslan, 1984.

Processing Note

Processed by Melody Smith, January 2019.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Album 1, August-October 1906Return to Top

Initial construction of the Lake Union Gas Works.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
1	1-1-4	Cleared construction site with buildings in the background	August 5, 1906
1	1-5	Lumber and construction materials by railroad	August 5, 1906
1	1-6	Building in construction	August 5, 1906
1	1-7	Beginning of construction	August 5, 1906
1	1-8	Concrete bases on cleared land	August 5, 1906
1	1-9, 1-17	Rail bridge	August 5&12,1906
1	1-10	Pipes on construction site	August 12, 1906
1	1-11	Smoothed concrete foundation	August 12, 1906
1	1-12	Felled tree	August 12, 1906
1	1-13	Concrete foundation with buildings in background	August 12, 1906
1	1-14	Building under construction	August 12, 1906
1	1-15, 1-16	Small construction framing	August 12, 1906
1	1-18-20	Construction progression of concrete foundation	August 19, 1906
1	1-21	Metal tanks laying in rows	August 19, 1906
1	1-22	Building construction with piles of lumber and bricks	August 19, 1906
1	1-23, 1-24	Partially completed wooden building frame	August 19, 1906
1	1-25	Metal pipes and lumber pile	August 19, 1906
1	1-26	Metal pipes and lumber piles with building construction in background	August 26, 1906
1	1-27	Side wall of brick building construction site	August 26, 1906
1	1-28, 1-29	Construction of brick building	August 26, 1906
1	1-30	Metal tanks by railroad track	August 26, 1906
1	1-31	Wooden building frame	August 26, 1906
1	1-32	Steel beams on concrete bases in mid-construction	August 26, 1906
1	1-33	Construction of concrete foundation	August 26, 1906
1	1-34	Construction site of gas holder foundation	August 26, 1906
1	1-35	Close up to side of gas holder with rivets	August 26, 1906
1	1-36	Beginning of erecting metal walls of gas holder	September 2, 1906
1	1-37	Floor of gas holder foundation with crane in the background	September 2, 1906
1	1-38, 1-39	Putting in windows of brick building construction	September 2, 1906
1	1-40	Pile of metal walls and metal tanks in the background	September 2, 1906
1	1-41	Progression of metal framing on concrete bases	September 2, 1906
1	1-42, 1-43	Progression and expansion of wooden building frame	September 2, 1906
1	1-44	Progression of rail bridge and the ditch underneath	September 2, 1906
1	1-45	Two men standing on railroad track	September 17, 1906
1	1-46	Four men digging on construction site with metal tank and crane in the background	September 17, 1906
1	1-47	Men on scaffolding constructing the walls of gas holder	September 17, 1906
1	1-48, 1-49	Men on scaffolding installing pipes in a brick building	September 17, 1906
1	1-50	Men digging by wooden building frame	September 17, 1906
1	1-51	Wooden building frame	September 17, 1906
1	1-52, 1-53	Men building metal boxes on the metal frames on concrete bases	September 17, 1906
1	1-54	Men using pickaxes on rocks with horse team in background	September 17, 1906
1	1-55	View of Lake Union from Brown's Point	September 8, 1906
1	1-56	Railroad tracks and utility poles	September 8, 1906
1	1-57	Large metal tank under construction with scaffolding in background	September 8, 1906
1	1-58	Scaffolding on brick building under construction	September 8, 1906
1	1-59	Men working on construction site with construction materials strewn about	September 8, 1906
1	1-60	View on Lake Union with building foundation in foreground	September 8, 1906
1	1-61	View of Lake Union and the opposite shoreline	September 8, 1906
1	1-62	Wooden building framing	September 8, 1906
1	1-63, 1-64	Metal boxes on metal and concrete base by railroad track	September 8, 1906
1	1-65	Two large metal tanks under construction with scaffolding	September 22, 1906
1	1-66	Construction of brick building with scaffolding and construction materials in foreground	September 22, 1906
1	1-67, 1-68	Men adding concrete on wooden framing	September 22, 1906
1	1-69	Wooden framing	September 22, 1906
1	1-70	Metal boxes on metal and concrete base and metal pipes by railroad track	September 22, 1906
1	1-71	Men working around wooden framing and concrete structures	September 22, 1906
1	1-72	Structure under construction in front of metal tanks	September 22, 1906
1	1-73	Chimney construction and pipes installation in brick building	September 22, 1906
1	1-74	Man walking on road built under railroad bridge	September 22, 1906
1	1-75	Construction on brick building with railroad boxcar and flatcar in foreground Boxcar labeled: Pennsylvania Lines. Flatcar labeled: Three Lake Lumber Co. 20.	September 29, 1906
1	1-76	Pipes installed in brick building with scaffolding around structure, railroad track in foreground	September 29, 1906
1	1-77	Men working on wooden frame	September 29, 1906
1	1-78	Large metal boxes and cylinder with wooden scaffolding	September 29, 1906
1	1-79, 1-80	Railroad track with wooden scaffolding and construction materials on either side and train traveling in background	September 29, 1906
1	1-81	Men attaching valves on large metal cylinder	September 29, 1906
1	1-82	Wooden framing and concrete structures	September 29, 1906
1	1-83	Crane machine beside wooden framing and concrete structures
1	1-84	Support structure for three metal tanks under construction	September 29, 1906
1	1-85	Gas holder with wooden scaffolding around outside	October 6, 1906
1	1-86	Gas holder with construction materials around	October 6, 1906
1	1-87	Brick building under construction with train gondola on railroad track in foreground Train gondola labeled: Northern Pacific.	October 6, 1906
1	1-88	Large metal cylinders with worker and horse on the right	October 6, 1906
1	1-89	Wooden frames and brick stack on construction site	October 6, 1906
1	1-90	Wooden framing around large metal cylinder and boxes	October 6, 1906
1	1-91	Man standing on concrete structure	October 6, 1906
1	1-92	Men working on wooden framing	October 6, 1906
1	1-93	Wooden structure and framing with metal boxes on metal and concrete frame in background	October 6, 1906
1	1-94	Wooden structure with framing	October 6, 1906
1	1-95	Cranes and construction behind wooden fence	October 16, 1906
1	1-96	Railroad track into construction site	October 16, 1906
1	1-97	Construction of gas holder walls	October 16, 1906
1	1-98	Wooden structure with framing	October 16, 1906

Album 2, October-December 1906Return to Top

Construction of the Lake Union Gas Works.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
1	2-1	Open wagon railroad car transporting construction materials to construction site, large metal cylinders in background	October 16, 1906
1	2-2	Rail track through construction site	October 16, 1906
1	2-3	Pipes, metal tank, and construction materials on construction site	October 16, 1906
1	2-4	Two men working on large curved metal sheets	October 16, 1906
1	2-5	Metal boxes on metal and concrete base, construction materials on ground	October 16, 1906
1	2-6	Piles of lumber with houses in background	October 20, 1906
1	2-7	Men working on concrete foundation	October 20, 1906
1	2-8	Masons building brick structures	October 20, 1906
1	2-9	Masons working on bricks	October 20, 1906
1	2-10	Brick structure	October 20, 1906
1	2-11	Man on scaffolding in front of large metal tanks covered by tarpaulin	October 20, 1906
1	2-12	Man standing over ditch on construction site	October 20, 1906
1	2-13	Metal equipment, possibly rotary device	October 20, 1906
1	2-14	Metal tank with gear machine attached	October 20, 1906
1	2-15	Men attaching pipes to metal boxes on metal frame and concrete base	October 20, 1906
1	2-16	Man watering ground on horse-drawn cart, gas holder and cranes in background	October 27, 1906
1	2-17	Scaffolding and construction materials around brick building	October 27, 1906
1	2-18	Brick structure	October 27, 1906
1	2-19	Wooden building frame and wooden frame for brick structure	October 27, 1906
1	2-20	Wooden building frame with brick walls inside	October 27, 1906
1	2-21	Gas works metal equipment and construction materials	October 27, 1906
1	2-22	Metal rotary machine in wooden shelter and wooden wall in foreground	October 27, 1906
1	2-23	Wooden shelter and metal boxes on metal and concrete frame with wooden wall and construction materials	October 27, 1906
1	2-24	Metal cylinders under construction	October 27, 1906
1	2-25	Man standing beside metal rotary machine	October 27, 1906
1	2-26	Men digging and moving dirt on construction site with houses in background	November 5, 1906
1	2-27	Cranes and construction materials	November 5, 1906
1	2-28	Mason building brick structure	November 5, 1906
1	2-29	Wooden building frame around brick structure with walls in beginning stage of construction	November 5, 1906
1	2-30	Men standing on foundation with metal gas works equipment	November 5, 1906
1	2-31	Men attaching pipes to large metal cylinders	November 5, 1906
1	2-32	Metal beams installed in concrete structures	November 5, 1906
1	2-33	Metal structure with rivets	November 5, 1906
1	2-34	Men attaching pipes to metal boxes on metal and concrete frame	November 5, 1906
1	2-35	Men on wooden frame inside ditch	November 10, 1906
1	2-36	Men working on circular foundation	November 10, 1906
1	2-37	Wooden scaffolding around brick structure	November 10, 1906
1	2-38	Man pushing wheelbarrow through construction area	November 10, 1906
1	2-39	Men working on construction site around large metal cylinders	November 10, 1906
1	2-40	Construction area with large metal cylinders and metal beams	November 10, 1906
1	2-41	Wooden frame with brick structure inside in background with metal materials in foreground	November 10, 1906
1	2-42	Man climbing ladder on large metal cylinder with construction workers in background	November 10, 1906
1	2-43	Construction area with metal tank and cylinder	November 10, 1906
1	2-44	Men installing cover on metal rotary machine and pipe	November 10, 1906
1	2-45	Railroad tracks leading to construction site	November 17, 1906
1	2-46	Metal frame behind wooden fence	November 17, 1906
1	2-47	Construction materials in front of metal building frame and brick building with tarpaulin covering	November 17, 1906
1	2-48	Scaffolding and ladders on brick building	November 17, 1906
1	2-49	Metal framing around large cylinders	November 17, 1906
1	2-50	Men working on metal framing and ground around large metal cylinders	November 17, 1906
1	2-51	Men working on wire-covered ground near gas works machinery	November 17, 1906
1	2-52	Man standing near metal rotary device with men working in background	November 17, 1906
1	2-53	Man standing on board over wire-covered ground near gas works machinery	November 17, 1906
1	2-54	Three men standing near wooden framing and gas works machinery	November 17, 1906
1	2-55	Men working near wooden pole frame	November 24, 1906
1	2-56	Men on scaffolding structure on circular concrete foundation	November 24, 1906
1	2-57	Horse-drawn cart clearing plot of dirt with circular metal framing in background	November 24, 1906
1	2-58	View of brick building and metal building frame with horse-drawn cart in motion	November 24, 1906
1	2-59	Three workers standing around wooden scaffolding	November 24, 1906
1	2-60	Gondola train car in front of wooden wall with metal building frame in background	November 24, 1906
1	2-61	Construction materials with metal structures in the background	November 24, 1906
1	2-62	Men working on metal cylinders and wooden building frame	November 24, 1906
1	2-63	Construction materials on ground in front of metal boxes on metal and concrete frame	November 24, 1906
1	2-64	Rotary machine inside wooden scaffolding and framing	November 24, 1906
1	2-65	Metal cylinders transported on railroad flatcar with gas works machinery in background Railroad boxcar labeled: Wabash Furniture Car.	1906
1	2-66	Man working with crane standing on metal cylinders	1906
1	2-67	Man standing among construction materials near metal cylinders with metal boxes on metal and concrete frame in background	1906
1	2-68	Concrete structures inside wooden framing walls and tarpaulin covered structure	1906
1	2-69	Construction workers building wooden framing wall around rotary machine and metal tank	1906
1	2-70	Men working on wooden building frame Written on photograph: Barn.	December 1, 1906
1	2-71	Men working in wooden framing wall	December 1, 1906
1	2-72	Man standing on wet concrete foundation	December 1, 1906
1	2-73	Brick building behind wooden fence	December 1, 1906
1	2-74	Men working on metal building frame	December 1, 1906
1	2-75	Partially finished side of brick building, tarpaulin covering top of building	December 1, 1906
1	2-76	Dirt construction area with wooden roof frame and brick building	December 1, 1906
1	2-77	Men standing on wire covered surface with men working in the background	December 1, 1906
1	2-78	Building frame with metal cylinder tanks attached	December 1, 1906
1	2-79	Two men standing in front of rotary machine	December 1, 1906
1	2-80	Worker leveling cement	December 8, 1906
1	2-81	Cluttered construction site with brick building in background	December 8, 1906
1	2-82	Three men standing in front of wooden scaffolding while workers install piping onto brick structure	December 8, 1906
1	2-83, 2-84	Men standing next to railroad track in front of brick building and metal building frame	December 8, 1906
1	2-85	Metal cylindrical frame with walls at base and wide metal cylinder in background	December 8, 1906
1	2-86, 2-87	Metal crane and metal framing	December 8, 1906
1	2-88	Men working on wooden retaining wall	December 8, 1906
1	2-89	Construction area in front of building frame	December 8, 1906
1	2-90	Men working on building wall beside dirt construction area	December 11, 1906
1	2-91	Men working on building wall with piles of lumber around the construction site	December 11, 1906
1	2-92	Metal crane	December 11, 1906
1	2-93	Man standing on wooden ladder balancing metal crane arm above wet concrete foundation	December 11, 1906
1	2-94	Construction site with metal crane equipment	December 11, 1906
1	2-95	Men working on large metal cylinder walls	December 11, 1906
1	2-96-2-98	Five men standing among gas works equipment	December 1906

Album 3, February-April 1907Return to Top

The Gas Works at 5th and Jackson Street, downtown Seattle, and construction of the Lake Union Gas Works.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
1	3-1	Two men standing inside metal frame building	February 16, 1907
1	3-2	Man standing between gas works equipment in wooden building	February 16, 1907
1	3-3	Equipment and table inside wooden building	February 16, 1907
1	3-4	Men constructing wooden framing around metal boxes on metal and concrete frame	February 16, 1907
1	3-5	Men digging a ditch next to gas works equipment	February 16, 1907
1	3-6	Metal cover of gas works machine	February 16, 1907
1	3-7, 3-8	Railroad track with buildings in background at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 23, 1907
1	3-9	Dirt road beside utility poles and gas holder and buildings in background at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 23, 1907
1	3-10	Buildings and gas works equipment at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 23, 1907
1	3-11	Metal wall with rivets at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 27, 1907
1	3-12	Man touching metal wall with rivets at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 23, 1907
1	3-13	Men standing around wooden frame building with horse-drawn cart in background at 5th and Jackson Plant	February 23, 1907
1	3-14	Wooden wall framing	February 23, 1907
1	3-15	Building in construction with cranes in background	February 23, 1907
1	3-16	Railroad track with gas works in background	February 23, 1907
1	3-17	Men standing beside lumber with large building under construction in background	February 23, 1907
1	3-18	Railroad track elevated on wooden frame with construction materials	February 23, 1907
1	3-19	Building foundation under construction	February 23, 1907
1	3-20	Pipes and metal building struts on construction site	February 23, 1907
1	3-21	Men working on wooden frame in the ground	February 23, 1907
1	3-22	Men standing on pipes on construction site	February 23, 1907
1	3-23	Four people standing in front of small wooden building	February 23, 1907
1	3-24	Men working on building in construction	March 2, 1907
1	3-25	Scaffolding around gas holder and building in construction	March 2, 1907
1	3-26	Wooden framing wall with houses in background	March 2, 1907
1	3-27	Men working on railroad track leading to gas works construction area	March 2, 1907
1	3-28	Two horses beside railroad track in construction with metal building frame in background	March 2, 1907
1	3-29	Man standing in front of construction materials and gas works equipment	March 2, 1907
1	2-30	Building in construction with construction materials and railroad gondola car in foreground	March 2, 1907
1	3-31	Wooden framing around metal boxes on metal and concrete base	March 2, 1907
1	3-32	View of four gas works buildings and surrounding construction area with Lake Union in background	March 2, 1907
1	3-33	Seattle street corner 1st Ave and Yesler Way with horse-drawn carriages and fire alarm on pole Company names identified in photograph: Washington Laundry Co., M. Furuya Co. Japanese Art, New York Life Insurance Co, 1st National Bank.	March 9, 1907
1	3-34	Seattle city street corner	March 9, 1907
1	3-35	Construction materials and horse-drawn cart next to buildings at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-36	Gas works buildings at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-37	Man standing on stairs between gas works equipment at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-38	Gas works equipment at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-39	View of buildings and gas holder from street at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-40	Gas plant equipment at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 9, 1907
1	3-41	Metal frame buildings behind fence	March 9, 1907
1	3-42	Railroad track and metal frame building in background	March 9, 1907
1	3-43	Railroad track next to metal frame building	March 9, 1907
1	3-44	Men digging at construction area next to railroad trestles	March 9, 1907
1	3-45	Man standing beside gas works equipment in metal frame building	March 9, 1907
1	3-46	Man standing on wooden plank over foundation construction	March 9, 1907
1	3-47	Men digging ditch to lay pipe with construction material and barrel storage in background	March 9, 1907
1	3-48	Road through gas works construction area with horse-drawn carts and construction materials	March 9, 1907
1	3-49	Pipe construction with wooden scaffolding and building in background	March 9, 1907
1	3-50	Man standing on building foundation in construction with Lake Union in background	March 9, 1907
1	3-51	Gas holder under construction	March 16, 1907
1	3-52	Construction materials with wooden scaffolding in background	March 16, 1907
1	3-53	Men working in ditch at construction site with pipes in background	March 16, 1907
1	3-54	Metal frame building under construction with two gas tanks	March 16, 1907
1	3-55	Two men standing inside metal frame building with construction materials	March 16, 1907
1	3-56	Inside metal frame building with gas works equipment and construction materials	March 16, 1907
1	3-57	Men working on below-ground wooden frame walls	March 16, 1907
1	3-58	Dirt hill covering railroad trestles beside fence	March 16, 1907
1	3-59	Worker standing beside gas works equipment	March 16, 1907
1	3-60	Workers digging beside gas works buildings	March 16, 1907
1	3-61	Workers standing inside with gas works equipment	March 16, 1907
1	3-62	Gas works equipment inside wooden building	March 16, 1907
1	3-63	Rotary machine inside wooden building	March 16, 1907
1	3-64	Man pushing wheelbarrow on wooden planks over concrete building foundation	March 16, 1907
1	3-65	Different view of 3-49	March 16, 1907
1	3-66	Building with gas holder frame in background	March 23, 1907
1	3-67	Wooden scaffolding and framing with houses in background	March 23, 1907
1	3-68	Men pushing wheelbarrow along wooden plank scaffold beside retaining wall	March 23, 1907
1	3-69	Two men digging a ditch with horses in foreground	March 23, 1907
1	3-70	Two men standing on railroad track beside metal frame building	March 23, 1907
1	3-71	Horse-drawn cart and construction materials with metal framed buildings	March 23, 1907
1	3-72	Foundation under construction	March 23, 1907
1	3-73	Gondola train car on railroad track in front of metal frame building Gondola labeled: Rock Island.	March 23, 1907
1	3-74	Gas works equipment inside wooden building	March 23, 1907
1	3-75	Workers underneath structure held up by metal struts	March 23, 1907
1	3-76	Denny Building street corner with pedestrians and horse-drawn cart The Denny Building is located at 2nd Avenue and Union Street, and housed The Seattle Daily Times from 1902-1914.	March 24, 1907
1	3-77	1300 block of 2nd Avenue and Union Street with horse-drawn carts and pedestrians The Sedney building was located on the 1300 block of 2nd Avenue and Union Street.	March 24, 1907
1	3-78	Man standing on wooden regraded street sidewalk beside buildings at 5th and Jackson Plant	March 24, 1907
1	3-79	5th and Jackson Plant with regraded street in background	March 24, 1907
1	3-80	View of 5th and Jackson Plant buildings	March 24, 1907
1	3-81	View of 5th and Jackson Plant buildings as smoke stacks	March 24, 1907
1	3-82	View of 5th and Jackson Plant with pipes and materials and city buildings in background	March 24, 1907
1	3-83	5th Avenue and Union Street with horse-drawn carts Businesses on street: Roma Saloon, Parisenne, Gaie Theatre. View facing east.	March 24, 1907
1	3-84	Metal frame building with gas works equipment inside	March 24, 1907
1	3-85	View from inside the metal frame building with partial metal sheet walls	March 24, 1907
1	3-86	Building with wooden scaffolding	March 30, 1907
1	3-87	Man working in ditch next to gas holder and tank in background	March 30, 1907
1	3-88	Men working on main dirt road beside metal frame buildings	March 30, 1907
1	3-89	Man standing by gas works equipment inside wooden building	March 30, 1907
1	3-90	Pipes leading into building with building in struts in background	March 30, 1907
1	3-91	Fresh concrete applied in space between pipes and building wall	March 30, 1907
1	3-92	Gas works equipment	March 30, 1907
1	3-93	Wooden building frame with piping ditch	April 13, 1907
1	3-94	Man standing in front of building with wooden scaffolding	April 13, 1907
1	3-95, 3-96	View of Lake Union with Gas Works on opposite shore	April 13, 1907
1	3-97	Men working on in ground structure	April 13, 1907
1	3-98	Men working beside metal frame buildings, possibly laying underground pipe	April 13, 1907
1	3-99	Man working at construction area in front of buildings	April 13, 1907
1	3-100	Metal beams inside structure	April 13, 1907

Album 4, April-May 1907Return to Top

The Gas Works at 5th and Jackson Street and construction of the Lake Union Gas Works.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
2	4-1	Workers building foundation	April 13, 1907
2	4-2	Builders working on Lake Union shore	April 13, 1907
2	4-3	Construction materials with wooden frame building in background	April 6, 1907
2	4-4	Workers digging on burm with railroad track in foreground	April 6, 1907
2	4-5	Man working down center of railroad track	April 6, 1907
2	4-6	Foundation, metal frame buildings, and finished concrete building in background	April 6, 1907
2	4-7	Workers pushing wheelbarrows around edges of foundation excavation	April 6, 1907
2	4-8	Wooden frame building under construction with construction materials in foreground	April 20, 1907
2	4-9	Man standing inside building with pipe materials	April 20, 1907
2	4-10	Scaffolding around tank by gas holder with metal frame building in background	April 20, 1907
2	4-11	Workers digging in open area surrounded by frame buildings with construction materials strewn around	April 20, 1907
2	4-12	Workers building foundation and digging ditch beside metal frame building	April 20, 1907
2	4-13	View of gas holders above foliage	April 20, 1907
2	4-14	Workers moving materials around construction site with metal frame building in background	April 20, 1907
2	4-15	Workers constructing wooden frame building beside fence and Lake Union shore	April 20, 1907
2	4-16	Workers building wooden framework on Lake Union shore	April 20, 1907
2	4-17	Workers repairing street and pedestrians walking down 2nd Avenue and Union Street, view facing northwest towards Bon Marche Department Store	April 20, 1907
2	4-18	People riding on tram car with track going through construction area in city	April 20, 1907
2	4-19	Men around construction area in city	April 20, 1907
2	4-20	View of city street facing west Businesses on street: Johnson's Billiard Room, Felder-Currin Shoe Mfg. Co., Café Louvre, billboard for D.S. Johnston Co.	April 20, 1907
2	4-21	Dirt street with single-story shops and 7 story building C.N. Lohndorff Cigars & Tobacco was a shop on street.	April 20, 1907
2	4-22	King Street Station	April 20, 1907
2	4-23	Small building at 5th and Jackson Plant with regraded street in background	April 20, 1907
2	4-24	Men working at 5th and Jackson plant beside regraded street, taken from moving train	April 20, 1907
2	4-25	Frisco gondola train car on wooden railroad track scaffolding	April 20, 1907
2	4-26	Frame building open at side wall with construction materials stacked inside and below	April 20, 1907
2	4-27	Gas holder surrounded by fence with building in background	April 27, 1907
2	4-28	Man and small animal on porch	April 27, 1907
2	4-29	Workers on scaffolding around building with gas holder in background	April 27, 1907
2	4-30	Workers standing inside building in construction with equipment and pulleys	April 27, 1907
2	4-31	Water dam, possibly on Lake Union	April 27, 1907
2	4-32	Workers building wooden scaffolding and framing around metal building frame	April 27, 1907
2	4-33, 4-34	Gas works equipment inside building	April 27, 1907
2	4-35	Gas works pipes and drum on construction site	April 27, 1907
2	4-36	Workers building wooden framing of building	April 27, 1907
2	4-37	Gas holder with fence in background	April 27, 1907
2	4-38	Railroad track by dirt road and few small buildings with Lake Union in the background	April 27, 1907
2	4-39	Front of King Street Station	April 27, 1907
2	4-40	People with horse-drawn cart standing on dirt in front of multi-story wooden buildings with metal gas works equipment from 5th and Jackson Plant in foreground	April 27, 1907
2	4-41	Pile of lumber and construction materials in front of brick building	April 27, 1907
2	4-42	Man standing on gondola train car with 5th and Jackson Plant in background	April 27, 1907
2	4-43	Metal tanks and equipment possibly at 5th and Jackson Plant	April 27, 1907
2	4-44	Construction area on city street with finished buildings and framing for building in construction Signs for Lyric Theatre and Seattle Theatre on construction barriers.	April 28, 1907
2	4-45	Derelict boats on the water, possibly Lake Union	April 28, 1907
2	4-46	Pile of demolished construction materials at 5th and Jackson Plant	April 28, 1907
2	4-47	Gas holder and building behind fence	May 4, 1907
2	4-48	Dirt road with wooden framing on brick building	May 4, 1907
2	4-49	Inside of gas works building	May 4, 1907
2	4-50	Pipes and equipment inside gas works building	May 4, 1907
2	4-51	Log drive on Lake Union with gas holder and houses visible in background	May 4, 1907
2	4-52	Railroad track with gas works buildings on other side of fence	May 4, 1907
2	4-53	Gas works buildings on shore beside railroad track	May 4, 1907
2	4-54	Gas works equipment inside building	May 4, 1907
2	4-55	Pipes and tanks outside gas works building	May 4, 1907
2	4-56	Wooden framing on outside of building	May 4, 1907
2	4-57	Dirt mounds and piles of lumber with multi-story brick buildings in background Possibly a photo of the street regrade around 5th and Jackson Street.	May 5, 1907
2	4-58	Railroad track beside water with Gas Works in background behind fence	May 4, 1907
2	4-59	Demolished construction materials with multi-story brick building to the left and dirt mound to the right Possibly a photo of the street regrade around 5th and Jackson Street.	May 5, 1907
2	4-60	Small wooden shacks around dirt mounds with pile of bricks in foreground	May 5, 1907
2	4-61	Wooden scaffolding around brick building	May 5, 1907
2	4-62, 4-63, 4-64	St. James Cathedral, 9th Street and Columbia Street The need for a cathedral in Seattle arose in 1903, when Edward O'Dea, bishop of what was then known as the Diocese of Nesqually elected to move the Episcopal see from Vancouver, Washington to Seattle. Construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. In 1916, the cathedral underwent major renovations as a result of the collapse of its dome. The cathedral, rectory, and site were designated city landmarks in 1984.	1907?
2	4-65	Empty land with Lake Union in background	1907?
2	4-66	Trees and dirt ridge	1907?
2	4-67	Land with grass and newly planted trees with houses in background	1907?
2	4-68	Pedestrians walking down street with construction area on the right	1907?
2	4-69	Electric streetcar on regraded street, possibly near 5th and Jackson Street	1907?
2	4-70	People with horse-drawn cart standing on dirt in front of multi-story wooden buildings with metal gas works equipment from 5th and Jackson Plant in foreground	1907?
2	4-71	5th and Jackson Plant beside regraded street with electric streetcar	1907?
2	4-72	Lumber and barrels in open area of 5th and Jackson Plant	1907?
2	4-73	Construction materials at 5th and Jackson Plant	1907?
2	4-74	Man pushing wheelbarrow with lumber and other workers at 5th and Jackson Plant	1907?
2	4-75	Industrial buildings and equipment	1907?
2	4-76	Pile of corrugated steel sheeting beside brick building, possibly at 5th and Jackson Plant	1907?
2	4-77	metal framing for gas holder under construction	1906?
2	4-78	Gas Works on opposite shore of Lake Union Picture taken from railroad car.	1907?
2	4-79	Men standing near industrial equipment beside wooden bridge	1907?
2	4-80	Workers digging underground pipe ditch	1907?
2	4-81	Workers near buildings and ditches under construction	1907?
2	4-82	Pile of pipes and construction materials near buildings and tanks	1907?
2	4-83	Train cars on railroad beside gas works buildings	1907?

Album 5, Between 1891 and 1895 Return to Top

The structures and people of the Blue Canyon Coal Mining Company, located on Lake Whatcom in Whatcom County.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
2	5-1	Workers disembarking from a steam boat onto a dock, possibly on Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-2, 5-5	Tree-covered shoreline and water of Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-3, 5-4	Tree-covered island with a steamboat on the water of Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-6	Men and young boy standing in front of the Blue Canyon Boarding House	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-7	Men on the side of the Blue Canyon Boarding House	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-8	Men standing by a lumber pile	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-9	Men sitting in chairs and a woman standing in the doorway of the Blue Canyon Boarding House	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-10	Three men standing among foliage and large log	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-11, 5-12	Hillside of trees, bushes, and foliage	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-13	Buildings and railroad track	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-14	Railroad tracks leading to a coal elevator beside buildings	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-15	Men standing on tracks to railroad coal elevator	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-16	Aerial view of train on railroad tracks beside Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-17	Two people looking at grassy hill	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-18	Wire spool housing and spinning wheel of pulley system	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-19	Rail tracks leading into the mine beside mining equipment	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-20	Man standing beside rail track leading into mine	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-21	Two men standing near building beside rail track with mining cart	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-22	Two men standing beside mining cart on track leading to mine	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-23	Three men and young boy standing on porch with dog	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-24	Train car on railroad tracks by water	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-25	Railroad coal elevator beside the water with a boat	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-26	Man standing at mine entrance	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-27	Men standing at mine entrance with debris beside track	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-28	Men walking on railroad track in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-29	Men on hill possibly with broken wooden bridge	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-30	Men standing near mining cart on railroad track	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-31	Young boy standing in wooded area with two men	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-32	Men and young boy standing in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-33	Young boy standing on stump in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-34	Men sitting on lumber pile	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-35	Men sitting on porch of Blue Canyon Boarding House	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-36	Men and young man seated on the porch steps of the Blue Canyon Boarding House	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-37	Men on dirt road in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-38	Men and boy holding a carpet bag walking on railroad track	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-39	View of coast with trees and buildings from boat on the water	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-40	Boat on the water with coast in background	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-41	Man sitting in chair on porch of Blue Canyon Boarding House Sign on closed door reads: Positively Private.	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-42	Railroad track beside water	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-43	Men working on railroad track in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-44	Railroad coal elevator	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-45	Railroad track leading to the top of the coal elevator	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-46	Coastline of Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-47	Railroad track leading up hill	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-48	Man standing beside railroad track and buildings	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-49	Buildings beside railroad track possibly a residential area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-50	Buildings and a fence among the bushes possibly in a residential area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-51	Lake Whatcom with docks on the shoreline	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-52	Men standing beside railroad track in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-53	Lake Whatcom with docks on the shoreline Same area as 5-51 but taken from different perspective.	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-54	Tree-filled island on Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-55	Boat on Lake Whatcom	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-56	Lake Whatcom shore with buildings and coal elevator	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-57	Railroad track leading to coal elevator	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-58	Wooden platform on side of hill	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-59	Wooden planks on dirt road, possibly for wheelbarrows	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-60	Man with wheelbarrow at end on plank-lined dirt road	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-61	Man working by platform on hill	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-62	Sunlit dirt road in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-63	Men working on railroad track in wooded area	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-64	Men standing on railroad track under construction leading into mine	Between 1890 and 1900?
2	5-65	Man crouching in dirt cave	Between 1890 and 1900?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Coal mines and mining--Washington (State)--Photographs
Gas manufacture and works--Washington (State)--Seattle--Design and construction--Photographs
Gas manufacture and works--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Railroads--Washington (State)--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

Blue Canyon Coal Mining Company--Archives
Blue Canyon Coal Mining Company--Photographs
Seattle Lighting Company--Archives
Seattle Lighting Company--Photographs

Geographical Names

Whatcom, Lake (Wash.)--Photographs

Archives West Finding Aid

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