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English: Plank walkway and bridge at Devil's Corner, Skagit River, July 1, 1919   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Plank walkway and bridge at Devil's Corner, Skagit River, July 1, 1919
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.

Devil's Elbow (also known as Devil's Corner) was a path that early miners along the Skagit River carved by hand from The Portage to gold fields on Ruby Creek. The path was chiseled out of granite to form a path along the steep walls of the gorge above what we now call Newhalem. The Portage was the point near Newhalem that was the absolute last point where a sternwheeler (in high-water years) or a canoe could navigate on the Skagit river. From there, everything had to be carried on the backs of miners or mules.

Caption on image: Devils Corner, Skagit Canyon below Gorge Creek. 5002. 7-1-19

PH Coll 45.1-39

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Rivers--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Footbridges--Washington (State); Devils Corner (Wash.); Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.)
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Skagit River--Devil's Corner
Date Taken on 1 July 1919
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
195
Source
English: Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
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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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WWDL0348

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