File:Workers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background (SPWS 614).jpg

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English: Workers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background, August 28, 1928   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Workers taking a car load of gravel up the incline railway to the Diablo Dam site with Reflector Bar workers' camp in background, August 28, 1928
Description
English: Photographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.

The Diablo Dam was built by Seattle City Light at a location 7-1/2 miles upstream from Newhalem and completed August 27, 1930. Due to the Great Depression, the Diablo Powerhouse was not completed until 1935, with the first power being generated in 1936.

Caption on image: D(28-8-28)6

PH Coll 1124.102

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Inclined railroads--Washington (State); Railroad freight cars--Washington (State); Construction workers--Washington (State); Work camps--Washington (State)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Gravel--Washington (State); Reflector Bar (Wash.)
Depicted place Diablo Dam
Date Taken on 28 August 1928
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
614
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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WWDL0688

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