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Man applying molten lead to main water pipeline joints near Queen Anne standpipe, September 8, 1899

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Title Man applying molten lead to main water pipeline joints near Queen Anne standpipe, September 8, 1899
Creator Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
Date 1899
Description Photographs of the City of Seattle Cedar River water supply system construction, 1899-1901

Caption on photograph: Wilse. 24x. Leading joints on 12" Forse [force] main for Queen Anne stand pipe on E. Harrison Ave, Sept. 8th, 1899.

PH Coll 10.24
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subject Pipes (Conduits)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Water supply--Washington (State)--Seattle Pipelines--Washington (State)--Seattle--Design and construction; Trenches--Washington (State)--Seattle
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,487

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