Mrs. Frank Morrell collection of photographs of the Denny Regrade, 1929?
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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 Background
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 Description
Photographs of work on the Denny Regrade around 5th and Seneca
Use of the Collection
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative Information
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Denny Hill Regrade
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Description: Steam shovel in action during Denny regradeDates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 1
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Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 2
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Description: 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
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 3 -
Description: 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
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Description: Train moving carts past Marion Street on 4th
Written on verso: 4 & Marion
No on 4th Ave at Marion St
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 5 -
Description: Train passing under elevated footbridge at Marion Street and 4th
Written on verso: 4th & Marion, N. on 4th Ave at Marion
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 6 -
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 7
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Description: Looking west over regrade activities on Seneca Street showing the Savoy Hotel
Written on verso: West on Seneca St. from 6th Ave (?),
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 8 -
Description: People inspecting train cars full of dirtDates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 9
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Description: Group of workers standing at 5th Ave in front of regrade activities on Seneca Street
Written on verso: E. on Seneca from 5 Av
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 10 -
Dates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 11
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Description: Regrade work in progressDates: circa 1929Container: Folder 1, Item 12
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
