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English: Skagit River just above test drill site at Devil's Elbow, ca. 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Skagit River just above test drill site at Devil's Elbow, ca. 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.

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: River Above Devils Elbow Drill.

PH Coll 45.1-30b

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Rivers--Washington (State);
  • Subjects (LCSH): Skagit River--Washington (State); Devil's Elbow--Washington (State)
Depicted place Skagit River
Date circa 1921
date QS:P571,+1921-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
127
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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WWDL0292

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