Engineering Department Court Engineering Records

Engineering Department Court Engineering Records, 1890-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Title: Engineering Department Court Engineering Records
Dates: 1890-1982 (inclusive)
18901982
Quantity: 13.1 cubic ft., ((31 boxes))
Collection Number: 2608-05
Summary: Records of the Seattle Engineering Department's Court Engineering division. Records include annual reports, maps, drawings, correspondence, and documentation of legal proceedings.
Repository: Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Engineering Department (SED) maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities and in 1936 it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department.

Court Engineering, a division of the Engineering Department, provided engineering services primarily to the Law and Legislative Departments until the early 1990s. Court Engineering researched condemnation ordinances, damage suits, appeals from assessment rolls, and suits to quiet title. In the early years of the Engineering Department, Court Engineering was also responsible for surveying land for various purposes such as the Cedar River Watershed and land around Newcastle for a water reservoir. Work relating to condemnations included regrades, widening, sewers, and street extensions. As the City grew, court work related to bridges, city facilities, and arterial highways became a part of the scope of their work. Also known as the Legal Engineering Division, or the Court and Right of Way section, the division worked with City Council and Corporation Counsel to draft agreements with other governmental agencies and researched legislation pertaining to Engineering Department functions. Work also included obtaining necessary franchises and permits and assuring compliance with environmental laws.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records related to condemnations for regrades, street widening, sewers, and street extensions; damage suits; appeals from assessment rolls; land surveys in the Cedar River Watershed and the area around Newcastle for a water reservoir; and court work related to bridges, city facilities, and arterial highways. Records include annual reports, maps, drawings, reports, and correspondence. Documentation of legal proceedings and legislative history is also included in some cases. Also included are photographs of University Way, Lake Union, Cedar River watershed and other scenes. Of note are records documenting the proposal to build a bridge from Seward Park to Mercer Island in the 1920s, Railroad Avenue seawall plans, a report on the South Sewer Tunnel from 1925, and maps pertaining to the dredging of the Duwamish River dating from 1917 to 1927. Legal issues associated with several bridges and viaducts are well documented, including: the West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1, the Spokane Street Drawbridge, the University Bridge and the Albro Place Viaduct. Other subjects include extension of the sewer system, the Cedar River watershed and pipelines, Tolt River water system project, street and highway construction, and railroad right-of-way negotiations.

Annual reports from 1909 to 1958 describe the work of the section, and information on salaries and classification of engineers is especially well-documented from 1932 to 1938. Court work is documented through maps, reports, notebooks and correspondence. Documentation of legal proceedings and legislative history is also included in some cases. Maps and drawings are included in almost every folder.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Engineering Department Court Engineering Records, Record Series 2608-05. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in five sub-series: Central files, Proposed Condemnations and Condemnations, Project Files, Water System Projects, and Notebooks.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Central files, 1890-1967Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Court Engineering Annual Reports	1909-1915
1/2	Court Engineering Annual Reports	1922-1929
1/3	Court Engineering Annual Reports	1923-1940
1/4	Court Engineering Annual Reports	1941-1958
1/5	Appraisals: Miscellaneous	1941-1953
1/6	Appraisals: Charles Street Shop Site; Lot 6, Block 7, Terry's 5th Addition by J. Carroll Shoe and Associates; Aurora Ave N and 130th Street by Butler and Walls	1963
1/7	Appraisals : Talks given at Department of Highways Right of Way Division Educational Seminar in Olympia, September 13, 1956	1956
1/8	Aetna Street Vacation (includes photographs)	n.d.
1/9	Airport Way (includes dredging Duwamish)	1933-1943
1/10	Argo Crossing: Overhead Construction	1927-1953
1/11	Argo Crossing Overhead Construction: Maps and Drawings	1927
1/12	Albro Crossing/Albro Place Viaduct: Transcript of City Council Special Hearing	1930
2/1	Albro Crossing/Albro Place Viaduct: Maps and Drawings	1928-1930
2/2	Albro Crossing/Albro Place Viaduct: Construction	1929-1930
2/3	Albro Crossing/Albro Place Viaduct: Construction	1930-1932
2/4	Arterial Highway Corners: General	1935-1936
2/5	Arterial Highway Corners: Miscellaneous	1935-1936
2/6	Arterial Highway Corners: 22nd Ave SW	1935-1936
2/7	Arterial Highway Corners: Fairview Ave N and Mercer St	1935
2/8	Arterial Highway Corners: 20th Ave N, E John, and E Thomas Streets	1935-1936
2/9	Arterial Highway Corners: E Boston Street and 12th Ave N	1935-1936
2/10	Arterial Highway Corners: 3rd Ave W and W Florentine St.	1935-1938
2/11	Arterial Highway Corners: E Greenlake Way and Bagley Ave	1935-1938
2/12	Alaskan Way / Railroad Avenue: Transfer Track	1932-1939
2/13	Alaskan Way / Railroad Avenue: Transfer Track - Maps and Drawings	1934-1936
3/1	Aurora Avenue: Construction	1930-1931
3/2	Aurora Avenue: Tunnel under Dexter Avenue Lake Union Brick Company (includes photographs)	n.d.
3/3	Avalon Way	1913-1915
3/4	Ballard Trunk Sewer	1920-1936
3/5	W. Barton Street (between 21st SW and 24st SW)	1935
3/6	Beach Drive: Replatting of Shore Lands	1925-1938
3/7	Board of Public Works	1923-1936
3/8	Bow Lake Airport	1942
3/9-10	Campus Parkway: University of Washington Approach - Right of Way	1946-1948
3/11	Campus Parkway: University of Washington Approach - Right of Way	1947-1956
3/12	Cascade View Addition Proposed Replat	1932-1933
4/1	Cemeteries (includes Odd Fellows Cemetery)	1938-1950
4/2	Century 21	1959-1960
4/3	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway	1927-1934
4/4	City Boundaries (Ravenna): includes 1946 map of City boundaries	1939-1946
4/5	City Charter Amendments	1918-1946
4/6	City Engineer Communications	1908-1949
4/7	City Engineer Communications	1950-1959
4/8	City Light	1945-1954
4/9	City Planning Commission	1925-1957
4/10	Cleopatra Place	1925
4/11	Coal Creek	1910
4/12	Condemnations	1955-1960
4/13	Condemnations	1954-1959
4/14	Connecticut Street Viaduct (includes grade separation study/drawing)	1926-1930
4/15	Copyrights and Patents (ornamental light post)	1927-1928
4/16	Corporation Counsel	1909-1957
4/17	Cowell, T. J. / University Bridge (includes drawing of bridge clearances)	1927-1932
4/18	Craver, L. H. / Lakeview and Ballard	1913-1917
5/1	Datum Elevations	1891-1933
5/2	Dearborn Street / 12th Avenue S	1938-1946
5/3	Dennett, Elizabeth (Broadway)	1923-1933
5/4	Deeds and Dedications	1919-1953
5/5	Denny Blaine Park	1931-1982
5/6	Douglas Place	1931-1946
5/7	West Dravus Street	1910-1940
5/8	Duwamish Avenue and Hardy Street (watermain permit under railroad tracks)	1920
5/9	Duwamish Waterway Dredging	1923-1927
5/10	Duwamish Waterway Dredging	1928
5/11	Duwamish Waterway Maps	1917-1925
6/1	Eagle Heights Addition	1930
6/2	Eastlake Ave Bulkheads	1917-1923
6/3	Eastlake Ave Vacations / Brody Petition	1921-1927
6/4	8th Ave S Bridge	1925-1946
6/5	Engineers: Salaries	1910-1932
6/6	Engineers: Classification Committee	1937-1939
6/7	Engineers: Classification Committee	1932-1936
6/8	Engineers: Classification Questionnaire	1936
6/9	Engineers: Classification Report	1937
6/10	Engineers: Classification and Reclassification (includes organization charts)	1936
6/11	Engineers: Classification and Reclassification (includes Civil Service and Salary Information)	1929-1938
6/12	Engineers: Classification	1908-1934
7/1	Emerson St. Bridge	1931-1932
7/2	Emerson St. Bridge	1933-1949
7/3	Emerson St. Bridge (includes maps and drawings)	1930-1931
7/4	Emerson St. Bridge (includes maps and drawings)	1930
7/5	Emerson St. Bridge (includes maps and drawings)	1929-1930
7/6	Empire Way No. 2 Construction / Dredged material from Duwamish	1928-1931
7/7	Firlands Sewer Easements	1918-1956
7/8	Fitch Reports (Henry M. Fitch) re: Landslides (Perkins Lane, Laurelhurst Drive, WPA work)	1938-1946
7/9	Fremont Bridge	1930
7/10	Fort Lawton	1964
8/1	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): General	1929
8/2	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Communications	1927-1930
8/3	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Engineer Joseph Jacobs	1928
8/4	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Board of Public Works	1928
8/5	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): City Comptroller	1927-1928
8/6	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): City Council	1919-1930
8/7	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): City Engineer W. D. Barkhuff	1927-1930
8/8	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Ernest B. Hussey	1929-1930
8/9	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Public Utilities	1927-1929
8/10	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company	1927-1930
8/11	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Great Northern Railway Company	1927-1930
8/12	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Northern Railway Company	1927-1930
8/13	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Oregon, Washington Railroad and Navigation Company	1927-1930
8/14	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Pacific Coast Railroad Company	1927-1930
8/15	Grade Separation Commission (tidelands south of Jackson Street): Publications: Railroad Franchise Ordinances, 1929; Grade Separation between Public Ways and Railroads by Ernest B. Hussey, 1928; Report on Separation of Grades in South End Industrial District, 1930	1928-1930
8/16	Gravity Retaining Wall: Drawing	n.d.
8/17	Lake Sammamish	1927-1929
8/18	Lake Washington Ship Canal Watermain Tunnel	1926
8/19	Lake Washington Shorelands	1910-1936
8/20	Lake Youngs Overflow: Right of Way	1930-1932
8/21	State Legislation: State (including squatters on tidelands)	1958-1959
8/22	Lenora Street Viaduct	1930
9/1	Local Improvement Law (State and City)	1917-1933
9/2	West Florida Street Easement between blocks 404 and 405 Seattle Tidelands	1960-1962
9/3	Longacres Racetrack Pipeline	1934
9/4	Loyal Homes Addition	1930
9/5	Madrona Way	1927
9/6	Mapson Road (Northern Pacific Railway Company)	1930-1941
9/7	East Marginal Way Watermain	1936
9/8	Marine Drive: Alki West Seattle	1924-1941
9/9	Matthews Beach	1948-1952
9/10	Mercer Island Bridge/ Proposed Seward Park Toll Bridge	1928-1930
9/11	Mercer Island Bridge / Proposed Seward Park Toll Bridge: Maps and Drawings	1928-1930
9/12	Metropolitan Municipal Corporation	1956-1957
9/13	W. Michigan Street Towers	1930-1931
9/14	Military Road	1918-1931
10/1	Miscellaneous Correspondence (includes "traffic tubes" and sidewalks)	1921-1956
10/2	Miscellaneous Information (includes paper given by Philip Royal on improving City Streets & Sewers)	n.d.
10/3	McKinnon Road	1924-1929
10/4	E Montlake Trunk Sewer	1935-1936
10/5	Montlake Bridge	1913-1924
10/6	Montlake Bridge	1925-1930
10/7	Montlake Bridge: Lake Washington Ship Canal - Maps and Drawings	1921-1923
10/8	Alley south of Myrtle Street and east of Seward Park Avenue	1956-1957
10/9	Northern Pacific Railway Right of Way	1954
10/10	Pacific Highway / Aurora Avenue Bridge	1926-1929
10/11	Pacific Highway / Aurora Avenue Bridge	1929-1930
10/12	Pacific Highway / Aurora Avenue Bridge: Maps and Drawings	1926-1929
10/13	Pacific Highway / Aurora Avenue Bridge: Reports	1929
11/1	Perkins Lane Curbs and Gutters	1926-1941
11/2	Permits - Federal (to parties other than the City of Seattle)	1939-1957
11/3	Rainier Avenue Improvement / Grading (Louis Kahn)	1914
11/4	Rainier Avenue Repaving: Lucille to Brandon	1932
11/5	Redistricting	1944-1946
11/6	Roy Street	1917-1943
11/7	Salmon Bay Breakwater	1930
11/8	Sauk Suiattle Water Power Development	1914-1946
11/9	Sawdust Pile	1943
11/10	Schmitz Park Bridge: Easement and retaining wall J. V. Kidd	1936
11/11	School Board Alley Vacation Petitions	1926-1950
11/12	Seaplane Base: Lake Washington	1936
11/13	Sears Tract	1936-1942
11/14	Seattle Boulevard Improvements LID 4881 (Seattle Water Main Construction Company	1929-1930
11/15	Seattle Lighting Company: Property Sales	1925-1932
11/16	Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway / Seattle and Rainier Valley Road: includes Polk's Guide Map of Seattle (amended 1908) and history of Rainier Avenue	1919-1936
11/17	Seattle Switching Case ICC 14563	1929-1930
11/18	Second Avenue Extension	1928
11/19	Second Avenue Extension	1929
12/1	Set Back Ordinances	1927-1928
12/2	Sewers	1912-1957
12/3	Sewers: South Sewer Tunnel	1925
12/4	Shilshole Avenue Assessment Roll LID 2601	1914-1918
12/5	Shilshole Avenue Assessment Roll LID 2601	1916
12/6	Shilshole Avenue Assessment Roll LID 2601 Maps and Drawings: includes Polk's Guide Map of Seattle 1908	1908-1928
12/7	Shilshole Avenue Assessment Roll LID 2601 Maps and Drawings	1916-1928
13/1	Sixth Avenue NE Undercrossing / Pacific Place: includes correspondence with Northern Pacific Railroad	1913-1940
13/2	East Sixty-Fifth Street and Sand Point Road (NE 65th)	1931-1950
13/3	Slides (includes copy of 1897 report by R. H. Thomson)	1955-1956
13/4	Smoke Prevention / Air Pollution (includes correspondence with businesses regarding smoke emissions)	1924-1951
13/5	Boiler Smoke Chart of Seattle Gas Company's Lake Union Plant	1936
13/6	Special Investigations (including drainage and other issues)	1910-1944
13/7	Special Investigations: Reports on Street Widths, Tenth Ave. Northeast Bridge, Shilshole Ave., Surplus Electric Power, Jackson Street Regrade	1910-1927
13/8	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1	1922
13/9	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1	1923
13/10	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1	1924
14/1	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1	1925-1930
14/2	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1: Maps and Drawings	1923-1924
14/3	Spokane Street and West Spokane Street Grade Separation	1933-1941
14/4	Spokane Street and West Spokane Street Grade Separation: Maps	1938-1941
14/5	West Spokane Street Deeds	1914-1916
14/6	West Spokane Street Bridge Approaches	1924-1927
14/7	West Spokane Street Retaining Wall	1924-1927
14/8	West Spokane Street Substation	1918-1919
14/9	West Spokane Street Bridge Number 1: Cleaning and Painting	1930
14/10	West Spokane Street: Street Railway Bridge	1925-1927
15/1	West Spokane Street Swing Bridge / Drawbridge (Old Howe Truss span)	1924-1928
15/2	West Spokane Street Swing Bridge or Drawbridge: Report	n.d.
15/3	State Highway System within Seattle: Maps	1957-1961
15/4	State Highway System (includes amended 1929 Kroll maps and undated King County maps)	n.d.
15/5	State Highway System	1929-1953
15/6	State Highways: Educational Seminar Papers	1957
15/7	Stimson Triangle (Pine Street at Fourth and Westlake)	1929-1935
15/8	Street Name Changes: Ordinances and Maps	1935-1962
15/9	Streets: "Definitions and Standards for the Urban Highway and Street System"	1960
15/10	Sultan River Project	1929-1931
15/11	Tax Title Sales	1952-1954
15/12	Tax Title Sales	1955-1957
15/13	Tax Title Sales	1958-1959
15/14	Tax Title Sales	1960-1962
15/15	Twenty-third Avenue West and West Garfield Street Trestle Bridge	1924-1925
15/16	North Thirty-Fourth St. from Fremont Avenue to Stone Way: Widening Bridge	1924-1927
16/1	University Bridge	1918-1932
16/2	University Bridge Approaches	1929-1933
16/3	University Bridge Approaches: Maps and Drawings	1916-1929
16/4	University Bridge Widening	1932
16/5	West Spokane Street Deeds	1914-1916
16/5	University Street Viaduct / Trestle	1945-1967
16/6	University of Washington Approach	1924-1945
16/7	Variance: Zoning (including map of Montlake Interchange)	1961
16/8	Veterans Housing (includes photographs)	1946
16/9	Volunteer Park	1940
16/10	Washington Park: Arboretum Agreement	1946-1959
16/11	Westlake Avenue Grading (from 7th Ave North to Mercer St.)	1918-1919
16/12	Westlake Avenue Grading Maps	1903-1910
16/13	Westlake Avenue North: Watermains	1929-1930
16/14	Westlake Avenue: Filling	1930
16/15	Works Progress Administration: WPA Slide Control Work Report	1955
16/16	Yesler Way	1890-1911
16/17	Youngstown Place Grade Separation	1929-1930
16/18	Youngstown Place Grade Separation	1930
16/19	Zoning: NE 50th St Widening	1964-1965
17/1	Barrel File (Correspondence)	1961
17/2	Barrel File (Correspondence)	1961
17/3	Maps	1955-1957
17/4	Maps	1957-1958
17/5	Maps	1957-1958
17/6	Maps	1958-1959
17/7	Maps	1958-1959
18/1	Opinions Vol. I	1927-1953
18/2	Opinions Vol. I	1910-1926
18/3	Opinions Vol. II	1956-1961
18/4	Opinions Vol. II	1945-1957

Proposed Condemnations and Condemnations, 1907-1973Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
18/5	2nd Ave N. and 3rd Ave N.	1927
18/6	9th Ave S. Extension	1930
18/7	14th Ave NE, From E. 75th to E. 77th	1926
18/8	14th Ave S. From Dallas Ave to City Limits (South Park)	1931
18/9	19th Ave S. Between Spokane St and Hinds	1925
18/10	30th Ave W., W. McGraw St to W. Boston St	1926
18/11	33rd Ave S., Dakota St to Andover St	1920-1923
18/12	34th Ave NW	1931
18/13	37th Ave SW	1922
18/14	E. 40th St Widening	1928-1932
18/15	E. 40th St and University Way Intersection	1925
18/16	42nd Ave N. Extension	1926
18/17	43rd Ave N., E., Garfield to E. Lee St	1931
18/18	E 45th St, From 10th Ave NE to University Way	1929
18/19	51st S. and 53rd S., Wallace and Augusta Widening	1958-1959
18/20	61st Ave NE et al Extension (Incl Photographs)	1949
18/21	62nd Ave SW, W. Hinds to W. Spokane St	1923
18/22	70th St et al	1921
18/23	E. 82nd St Widening	1925
19/1	Alley, Blks 3 and 4, Front St Cable Add, E. of 2nd W. St to W. Roy St (Incl. Photographs)	1951
19/2	Argo Crossing, 8th Ave S. Subway	1926-1928
19/3	Argo Crossing, 8th Ave S. Subway	1927
19/4	Argo Crossing, 8th Ave S. Subway, Maps	1915-1927
19/5	Argo Crossing, 8th Ave S. Subway, Maps	1915-1927
19/6	Atlas Place	1927
19/7	Aurora Ave Extension	1918-1936
19/8	Bay St Overhead Crossing, Railroad Ave and Elliott Ave	1935
19/9	Beach Dr. From Murray Ave S.	1931
19/10	Beacon Ave Extension	1937-1938
19/11	E. Blaine St	1927
19/12	E. Blaine St	1931
19/13	Bonair Addition, Lot 1 Blk 4	1931
19/14	Bothell Sanitary Fill	1956
19/15	Central School Playground	1938
20/1	Condemnation Data and Procedure	1926-1931
20/2	Condemnation Data and Procedure	1915-1927
20/3	Condemnations Indefinitely Postponed	1928-1936
20/4	Crosstown Parkway (North End Seattle)	1952-1953
20/5	Dexter Ave Proposed Extension	1919-1926
20/6	Dexter Ave Proposed Extension	1922
20/7	Dexter Ave Proposed Extension, Maps	1907-1929
21/1	Dexter Ave Proposed Extension, Maps	1907-1929
21/2	Diagonal Ave From Marginal Way to Duwamish Waterway	1930-1931
21/3	Duwamish Ave Widening	1930-1932
21/4	Elliott Ave, Union to Pike St, Maps	1920
21/5	Gatewood Playfield Extension	1952
21/6	Government Lot 4, (Magnolia), Wahlman Pleading	1969-1973
21/7	Howell St and 8th Ave Widening	1927-1928
21/8	Hughes Ave (Hughes Add.)	1947-1948
21/9	Lake Washington Shore Lands, Block 24	1928
21/10	Lakeside Ave, Juneau St to Henderson St.	1932
21/11	E. Madison St Widening	1927-1928
21/12	Maple Leaf Reservoir Site (Incl. Photographs)	1933
21/13	Massachusetts St Regrade	1927
21/14	Montlake Playground Extension	1959
21/15	Orleans St Improvement	1931
21/16	Pontius Ave	1928-1930
22/1	Public Benefit Suppl., Portion Collin's Add	1924
22/2	Roosevelt Way Widening	1938
22/3	W. Roxbury St, 6th SW to 12th SW	1934
22/4	Ryan St Trunk Sewer	1933
22/5	Sand Point Golf and Country Club	1953
22/6	South Portal Way (Lake Way Bridge Approach)	1951
22/7	W. Spokane St Between 28th Ave SW and Harbor Ave SW, Grades	1931
22/8	University St - Union St. Highway	1928
22/9	University Way Widening (Incl. Photographs)	1927-1928
22/10	E. Valley St, Eastlake Ave to Lakeview Blvd	1928
22/11	Wall St, 5th Ave to Denny Way	1931
22/12	West Seattle - Alki Storm Drains, Pleadings and Correspondence	1972-1973
22/13	West Seattle Park	1928
22/14	West Seattle Tidelands, Alki Point to Lincoln Beach	1927-1928
22/15	Yesler - Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project, Jackson St Add, Blk 3	1973
22/16	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation	1971-1973
22/17	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation	1968-1972
22/18	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation	1970-1972
22/19	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Appraisals	1970
22/20	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Instructions	1972
23/1	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Deeds	1963-1970
23/2	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Parcel 5 Pleadings	1972
23/3	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Parcel 5 Pleadings	1971-1972
23/4	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Prior Trial	1971
23/5	Don Armeni Boat Launch Condemnation - Property Titles	1968-1970

Project Files, 1909-1982Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
23/6	1st Ave and University St Tunnel	1926
23/7	1st Ave S. Drawbridge	1925-1929
23/8	1st Ave S. Tunnel (City v Sparger)	1923-1928
23/9	4th Ave, Marion St to James St, Grade History	1932
23/10	4th Ave, (University Tract - Metropolitan Building Co.)	1909-1924
23/11	4th Ave S. and Spokane St Improvements, LID 3289	1921-1922
23/12	4th Ave S. Viaduct	1915-1942
24/1	5th Ave N., Between Lee St and Highland Dr (Deeds)	1928-1929
24/2	14th Ave N., Roy St to E. Prospect St	1913-1924
24/3	15th Ave NE, Bridge Across Cowan Park	1927
24/4	15th Ave NW Bridge	1915-1940
24/5	15th Ave NW Bridge	1929-1940
24/6	E. 45th St Right of Way Easement, Across N. Pacific Railway, Near 35th Ave NE	1923
24/7	46th Ave S. Sewers LID 3920 Claim	1926
24/8	47th Ave S. From Thistle St to Kenyon St, Extension	1924
24/9	47th Ave SW Grading Contract	1916-1919
24/10	Accident Cases	1926-1951
24/11	Cramp and Son Ship and Engine Bldg Co., Philadelphia (Patent)	1920-1926
24/12	Doce's Sleep Shop, 6th and Pike (Incl. Photographs)	1968
24/13	Fortson Square Agreement, Salvation Army (Pedestrian Mall)	1966-1969
24/14	Great Northern Railway Co. Pipeline Permit - 28th Ave NW	1969
24/15	Jackson Golf Course (Mullally v City)	1960-1969
24/16	Lake Union Marker Buoys, Harbor Police	1968-1969
24/17	METRO Correspondence	1975-1982
25/1	Railroad Ave (Spurs) LID 5339	1932-1941
25/2	Railroad Ave - Seawall Plans	1932-1933
25/3	Railroad Ave - Seawall Plans	1932-1933
25/4	Regrades (San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Correspondence)	1913-1966
25/5	Seattle Freeway Right of Way	1934-1961
25/6	Seattle Freeway Right of Way	1960
25/7	Spokane St Bridge Dredging	1968
25/8	Swan Lake - King County v John Young et al and City (Road Extension)	1914-1915
25/9	Transit, 5th and Pike (Incl. Bus Drawings)	undated
30/1	Photographs - Lake Union Shoreline	1974

Water System Projects, 1895-1969Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
26/1	Cedar River Pipeline Right of Way	1910-1969
26/2	Cedar River Pipeline Right of Way	1901-1948
26/3	Cedar River Watershed - Northern Pacific Railway Lands	1904-1923
26/4	Cedar River Watershed - Northern Pacific Railway Lands, Reports and Maps	1912-1923
26/5	Cedar River Pipeline No. 1 and 2 Replacement	1933
26/6	Cedar River Pipeline No. 2 (Copies)	1899-1932
26/7	Cedar River Dam and Rattlesnake Prairie, Reports	1915
26/8	Cedar River Pipelines - Water System	1928-1940
26/9	Cedar River Pipeline No. 1	1929-1948
26/10	Cedar River Pipeline No. 1 Reconstruction	1930-1933
26/11	Cedar River Pipeline No. 1 Reconstruction	1930
27/1	Cedar River Pipeline No. 2	1928
27/2	Cedar River Watershed Drainage Canal Right of Way	1931-1934
27/3	Cedar River Watershed: City Protest of Kangley - Eagle Gorge - Hot Springs Road	1922
27/4	Cedar River Pipeline No. 3 Maps	1895-1930
27/5	Cedar River Pipeline No. 3 Franchises, etc	1910-1938
27/6	Cedar River Pipeline No. 3	1899-1931
27/7	Cedar River Pipeline No. 4 (Clapp Contract)	1928-1929
27/8	Cedar River Pipeline No. 5	1928
27/9	Cedar River Pipeline Right of Way - Beacon Ave and Seattle Municipal Railroad, Maps	1912
27/10	Cedar River Pipeline Right of Way, Beacon Ave	1896-1930
27/11	Cedar River Masonry Dam Site Photographs (Webster & Stevens)	1919
28/1	Tolt Water Supply Project - Application For Road on State Land, NE Sec 28- 26-8	1935-1959
28/2	Tolt Water Supply Project - Appraisal, Green River Drainage Land	1959
28/3	Tolt Water Supply Project Right of Way - Water Dept. Correspondence and Data	1956-1963
28/4	Tolt Water Supply Project - Maps	1958
28/5	Tolt Water Supply Project - Maps	1958-1962
28/6	Tolt Water Supply Project - Maps	1958-1962
28/7	Tolt Water Supply Project - City Engineer Memo	1960
28/8	Tolt Water Supply Project - Title Search, East of Swan Road	1956-1957
28/9	Tolt Water Supply Project - State Land To Acquire	1959
28/10	Tolt Water Supply Project - Maps, State Sand Borrow Pit	1961
28/11	Tolt Water Supply Project - Sand Deposits For Backfill, Easterly Unit	1960-1962
29/1	Tolt Water Supply Project - State Property	1958
29/2	Tolt Water Supply Project - Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.	1957-1958
29/3	Tolt Water Supply Project - Weyerhaeuser Property Descriptions	1958-1959
29/4	Tolt Water Supply Project - Weyerhaeuser Property	1958-1959
29/5	Tolt Water Supply Project - Weyerhaeuser Property	1958-1959
29/6	Tolt Water Supply Project - Deed For Weyerhaeuser Land	1959
29/7	Tolt Water Supply Project - History of Negotiations with Weyerhaeuser and State	1957
29/8	Tolt Water Supply Project - Clearing Request to Weyerhaeuser	1959
29/9	Tolt Water Supply Project - Weyerhaeuser Gravel	1959-1963
29/10	Tolt Water Supply Project - Powder Magazine Request to Weyerhaeuser	1959
29/11	Tolt Water Supply Project - Proposal to Weyerhaeuser	1958
29/12	Tolt Water Supply Project - Parking & Staging Area Lease From Weyerhaeuser	1959-1960
29/13	Tolt Water Supply Project - Road Use Agreement With Weyerhaeuser	1959-1964
29/14	Tolt Water Supply Project - Regulating Reservoir / Weyerhaeuser	1961
29/15	Tolt Water Supply Project - Pre Bid Data	1958
29/16	Tolt Water Supply Project - Right of Way Conference Data	1958

Notebooks, 1910-1959Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
29/17	Notebook	1934-1935
Box
31	Notebooks - Court Case Notes	1910-1959

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Subject Terms

Bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle
Cedar River Watershed (King County, Wash.)
Cedar River Watershed (King County, Wash.)
Municipal engineering--Washington (State)--Seattle
Municipal water supply
Pipelines--Washington (State)--King County
Public utilities--Washington (State)--Seattle
Roads--Washington (State)--Seattle
Tolt River Watershed (Wash.)
Viaducts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Weyerhaeuser Company
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company

Corporate Names

Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.

Geographical Names

Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

Annual reports
Correspondence
Drawings
Maps
Photographs

Occupations

Municipal engineers--Washington (State)--Seattle

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