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Tramway used for transporting mortar into the high service reservoir during construction, City Park, January 19, 1900
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tramway used for transporting mortar into the high service reservoir during construction, City Park, January 19, 1900 |
| Creator | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | 1900 |
| Description |
Photographs of the City of Seattle Cedar River water supply system construction, 1899-1901 The high service reservoir is is also known as the Volunteer Park Reservoir on Capitol Hill. City Park was renamed Volunteer Park in 1901. Caption on photograph: Wilse. 55x. High service reservoir. Jackson's 'two cars on single track' mortar railway, Jan 19, 1900. PH Coll 10.62 |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subject | Construction workers--Washington (State); Pulleys--Washington (State); Water supply--Washington (State) Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Design and construction; Mortar |
| 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,488 |
