File:Building the locks at Ballard, ca 1915 (MOHAI 6211).jpg

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English: Building the locks at Ballard, ca. 1915   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Building the locks at Ballard, ca. 1915
Description
English: Ground was broken for the Lake Washington Ship Canal locks in 1911, and the first concrete was poured for the lock chambers in 1913.

This photo, taken between 1913 and 1916, shows the construction of the thick concrete lock walls. Concrete is being moved along the track in huge buckets. Workmen are backfilling the space between the concrete walls and the Ballard shore. Magnolia is on the right, across the waterway.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canal construction; Hiram M. Chittenden Locks; Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Depicted place
English: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1915
date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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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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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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