Record Details
Kennewick, Washington. (1911)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Kennewick, Washington. (1911) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu537 wsu 537; Vertical File 2206 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,680 |
| Date | 1911 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Kennewick, Wa.: Kennewick Commercial Club |
| Description | 1 map: 11 x 21 cm. Kennewick started as a railroad town in 1883 when a railroad bridge was being constructed across the river there. The town was platted in 1892, and boomed in the early 1900s with the construction of numerous irrigation canals. Kennewick is an Indian phrase which has been translated as "grassy place, winter paradise and dried acorns." |
| Subject | Washington (State) -- Maps; Kennewick (Wash.) -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Washington (State) -- Benton County -- Kennewick |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is found in Kennewick Washington |
