Record Details
Building a dam on the Black River near Renton to divert the path of the Cedar River, ca. 1899
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Building a dam on the Black River near Renton to divert the path of the Cedar River, ca. 1899 |
| Creator | Thomson |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Description |
Photographs of the City of Seattle Cedar River water supply system construction, 1899-1901 R. H. Thomson was Seattle City Engineer intermittently between 1883 and 1931. Caption on photograph: Thomson. Dam across Black River. Turning the water of Cedar River into Lake Washington. PH Coll 10.34 |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Black River |
| Subject | Rivers--Washington (State) Dams--Washington (State)--Design and construction; Black River (King County, Wash. : River) |
| Relation | Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection |
| Source | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Frank J. Morrill Photographs. PH Coll 10 |
| Type | Photograph |
| Format | silver gelatin, b&w : 6 x 8 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 115 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005 |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,472 |
