File:Spectators at opening of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, July 4, 1917 (MOHAI 15274).jpg

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English: Spectators at opening of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, July 4, 1917   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Spectators at opening of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, July 4, 1917
Description
English:

The Lake Washington Ship Canal opened for business on July 4, 1917, after six years of construction. The opening was the high point of Seattle's Fourth of July celebration. In this photo, spectators crowd the banks of Lake Union to watch the parade of several hundred boats passing through the new canals. It is likely that the photographer was standing somewhere in the Fremont neighborhood, looking northwest. The tracks at the bottom left of the frame probably served the Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) line, which connected Ballard to Bothell via a route following the north shore of Lake Union to Lake Washington. In 1978 the railroad's route became the 27 miles of the King County Regional Trail System known as the Burke-Gilman Trail.

Handwritten on sleeve: Canal Opening Spectators. Caption information source: "Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle)," by David B. Williams, HistoryLink.org Essay 1444. Caption information source: "Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad Company," by Heather M. MacIntosh, HistoryLink.org Essay 1736.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Spectators--Washington (Staet)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 4 July 1917
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
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
15274
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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.
Credit Line
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MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.10570

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