WAUSandPointPHColl765.xml Guide to the Sand Point Naval Air Station Photograph Collection between 1928 and 1942 Sand Point Naval Air Station Photograph Collection Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2008 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0765 Sand Point Naval Air Station photograph collection between 1928 and 1942 20 photographic prints (3 folders) ; 8" x 10" Collection materials are in English. Construction of aviation field and buildings, in addition to military planes and personnel

The ground breaking ceremony for the Sand Point Naval Air Station took place in June of 1920, but it wasn't until the late 1920s and early 1930s that the Naval Air Station became anything even resembling a working base. Although planes did fly to and from the Naval Air Station, it was somewhat less than a fully functional airport. There was only one 500 foot turf landing strip, the naval commander worked out of a farm house and cadets were billeted in the chicken house.

In October 1926, the Carkeek family sold the original Carkeek Park (later a second park was named Carkeek Park) to King County, which in turn deeded the entire peninsula to the U.S. Navy for developing a Naval Air Station (approximately 411 acres). After that, construction sped up on the Naval Air Station. The Navy trucked in loads of fill and used the Works Project Administration (WPA) to fill in Mud Lake, the nearby marsh and Pontiac Bay. This newly flattened land was then turned into buildings, hangars and landing strips.

Sand Point Naval Air Station reached its peak population during World War II with over 7,000 military and civilian personnel. During this time, numerous new buildings and landing strips were built and the Naval Air Station expanded to its peak of 537.5 Magnusongiven to Seattle for use as a park. On May 29, 1979 it was renamed the Warren G. Magnuson Park.

The collection consists of photographs showing the development of the Naval Air Station at Sand Point in King County (which later became part of Seattle) during the late 1920s through the late 1930s. Several photographs have captions indicating that the construction was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

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Source: Bernies Collectibles, 2007

Processed by Karin Hoffman and Marion Brown in 2007

 Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photographs Seattle Military

 

Aviation field, 1928 1 1 View looking north down the flying field from above Denny Hill March 1928 1 2 View of Mud Lake and the gravel dredge, forming a hazard to flying March 1928 Land grading and building construction 2 3 View looking northwest at barracks showing general progress of construction November 8, 1929 2 4 View looking southwest at storehouse site showing building conditions and location of storehouse site January 16, 1930 2 5 Construction of brick building March 15, 1938 2 6 Building construction site September 10, 1938 2 7 Grading landing field looking north showing excavation in Area 23 February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16-- PWA. Subhead 36"

 2 8 Grading landing field looking west showing excavation in Area 17 February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16 --PWA. Subhead 36"

 2 9 View looking east from officers' quarters showing fill being made for grading of landing field. February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16 --PWA. Subhead 36"

 2 10 Construction of officers' quarters view looking south showing north and west elevations February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16 --PWA Subhead 113"

 2 11 Construction of officers' quarters view looking north showing west and south elevations February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16 --PWA Subhead 113"

 2 12 Construction of land plane hangar view looking west showing south and east elevations of Building No. 32. February 28, 1939

"W.P.A. Project 709-2-16 --PWA Subhead 122"

 2 13 Construction of foundation 1939? 2 14 Building construction 1939? 2 15 Completed land plane hangar 1939? 2 16 Completed barracks between 1939 and 1942? Miscellaneous 3 17 U.S. Navy airplane "Aircraft Scouting Force" June 1939 3 18 Operation of ply landing gear ramps U.S. Navy May 25, 1951 3 19 Boathouse and boat docked on lake between 1939 and 1945? 3 20 Roy T. Wheat, Clifford, H. Rieck, Miss Opal Ladwig, H. T. Froreich with War Bond Drive materials U.S. Navy between 1941 and 1945?