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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
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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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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.
- Additional Reference Guides
- 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
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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
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 | August 5, 1906 | |
1 | 1-6 | 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 | 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 | 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 | September 2, 1906 | |
1 | 1-38, 1-39 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
Double exposure.
|
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | November 5, 1906 | |
1 | 2-30 | 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 | 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 | November 17, 1906 | |
1 | 2-51 | November 17, 1906 | |
1 | 2-52 | Man standing near metal rotary device with men working
in background |
November 17, 1906 |
1 | 2-53 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | December 1, 1906 | |
1 | 2-75 | 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 | December 1, 1906 | |
1 | 2-80 | Worker leveling cement |
December 8, 1906 |
1 | 2-81 | 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
2-86 is a double exposure.
|
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 | 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 | 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 | February 16, 1907 | |
1 | 3-4 | Men constructing wooden framing around metal boxes on
metal and concrete frame |
February 16, 1907 |
1 | 3-5 | 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 | 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 | March 2, 1907 | |
1 | 3-31 | March 2, 1907 | |
1 | 3-32 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | April 20, 1907 | |
2 | 4-18 | 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 | 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 | 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 | April 27, 1907 | |
2 | 4-31 | Water dam, possibly on Lake Union |
April 27, 1907 |
2 | 4-32 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1907? | |
2 | 4-72 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-6 | 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 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-17 | Two people looking at grassy hill |
Between 1890 and 1900? |
2 | 5-18 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-44 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-45 | 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 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-49 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Between 1890 and 1900? | |
2 | 5-63 | Men working on railroad track in wooded area |
Between 1890 and 1900? |
2 | 5-64 | 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