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Masonry Dam nearing completion, November 6, 1914

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Title Masonry Dam nearing completion, November 6, 1914
Creator Unknown
Date 1914
Description The Masonry Dam on the Cedar River, completed in 1914, was built by Seattle City Light and located between the old 1904 crib dam and the powerhouse at Cedar Falls. It was intended to enlarge the Cedar Lake basin and store additional water for the generating equipment of the Cedar Falls hydroelectric plant.

Caption on image: 2625. 11-6-14

PH Coll 46.55
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Cedar River (King County)--Masonry Dam
Subject Masonry Dam (Wash.); Dams--Washington (State)--Cedar River (King County)--Design and construction; Seattle City Light
Relation Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Hiram C. Gill Photograph Album. PH Coll 46
Type Photograph
Format silver gelatin, b&w Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005
Identifier http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,46

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