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English: Bird's-eye view of Newhalem construction camp, July 17, 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Bird's-eye view of Newhalem construction camp, July 17, 1921
Description
English: Photographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.

The Gorge Dam and Powerhouse were built by Seattle City Light and completed in September of 1924.

The Gorge Dam construction camp at the mouth of Newhalem Creek grew to a town of 1,000 residents with a school and a church, but it did not have a name. When the city council visited the settlement in the summer of 1921, some college students employed on the project greeted them with a wood plank inscribed, "Welcome to Newhalem." The name stuck.

Caption on image: 5156. 7-17-21

Caption below image: Newhalem Camp - Skagit River

PH Coll 45.1-41

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Work camps--Washington (State)--Newhalem; Mountains--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Newhalem (Wash.)
Depicted place Newhalem, Washington
Date Taken on 17 July 1921
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
197
Source
English: Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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WWDL0349

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