Seattle Sawdust: Bits and Pieces from the Seattle Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle is literally built on sawdust. As pioneer mill owner Henry Yesler told historian Hubert Howe Bancroft, "We commenced sawing wood under a shed in March '53; the saw dust we filled swamps with, and the slabs we built a wharf with." This collection presents some of Seattle's historical "sawdust" - unique and interesting materials from The Seattle Public Library's Seattle Collection.
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Seattle Weekly News: Progress and Home Industry Edition, July 7, 1913
Seattle (Wash.)--Description and travel; Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.); Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (Seattle, Wash.); Franklin High School (Seattle, Wash.); Ballard High School (Seattle, Wash.); Mount Baker Park (Seattle, Wash.); Manufacturing industries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Salmon Bay (Seattle, Wash.); Railroad bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.); Panama Canal (Panama); Potlatch--Washington (State)--Seattle; Smith Cove (King County, Wash.)
Identifier: spl_saw_327387
Date: 1913-07-11
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Seattle City Engineer's Annual Report, 1910
Annual report of the Seattle City Engineer discussing the annexation of new districts to Seattle; work on regrading Jackson Street, Denny Hill, Western Avenue, Pine Street, Olive Street, Dearborn Street, 12th Avenue, 9th Avenue S. and Fifth Avenue; the city's water supply, sewers and garbage disposal.
Identifier: spl_saw_895651_1910
Date: 1910
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Visitors Welcome, Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks brochure, 1962
Brochure discussing the history and features of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Ballard Locks.
Identifier: spl_saw_2173317
Date: 1962
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Starting the Puget Sound Navy Yard and the Dry-dock : And The Actual Beginning of the Lake Washington Canal, 1908
Historical account of the Puget Sound Navy Yard and Ship Canal. The author, Navy Lieutenant Ambrose Barkley Wykoff, was the individual in charge of locating the ideal placement for the navy yard. He led surveying missions around the Puget Sound before deciding on the final location at Bremerton. Wykoff served as the first commander of the station. Page 13-14 of the account discuss the beginning of the Lake Washington Ship Canal with an appropriation by Congress for the canal's construction and surveying a route for the canal through Lake Union.
Identifier: spl_saw_298396
Date: 1908
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Look at Life in Seattle, 1938
Promotional material created by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce highlighting aspects of life in Seattle including family, culture, industry and sports. The Lake Washington Ship Canal and government locks are also featured. A portrait of Seattle pioneer Rolland H. Denny, son of two of the city's founders, Arthur Denny and Mary Ann Boren, appears on the cover. Photographs of scenes and attractions around Seattle are included.
Identifier: spl_saw_323503
Date: 1938
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Seattle City Engineer's Annual Report, 1913
Annual report of the Seattle City Engineer discussing regrades, sewer work, the city's water supply, bridges, the Lake Washington Ship Canal, arterial highways, and the municipal street railway.
Identifier: spl_saw_895651_1913
Date: 1913
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Seattle, the Nation's Most Beautiful City, 1956
Promotional booklet advertising Seattle highlights such as the I-90 floating bridge, Madrona Park, Lake Washington, Lake Washington Ship Canal and Ballard Locks, Lake Union, Green Lake, Volunteer Park, the University of Washington and its rowing crew, West Seattle Municipal Golf Course, Alki Beach, the Aqua Theater, Seafair and Seatac Airport.
Identifier: spl_saw_134303
Date: 1956
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Seattle, the Queen City, Illustrated, 1915
Promotional booklet featuring photographs of Seattle-area attractions such as Pioneer Square, street scenes, the waterfront, the Seattle Regrade, lumber mills, salmon fishing, the Ballard Locks, homes, boating, parks and playgrounds, clubs, schools, business buildings and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Identifier: spl_saw_2521173
Date: 1915
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Canal Connecting Lakes Union, Sammamish, and Washington With Puget Sound, 1892
Report discussing the proposed location and estimated cost of a ship canal through the Puget Sound, Lake Union, Lake Washington. Five possible routes are discussed: ""First. By way of Duwamish Bay and the valley of the Duwamish and Black rivers to Lake Washington and across the Portage from Lake Washington to Lake Union. Second and Third. By way of depressions between the southern part of Lake Union and Duwamish Bay. (These routes were considered twenty years ago by Gen. Barton S. Alexander, and are known in his report as the ""Mercer Farm Route"" and the ""Tramway route."" Thence from Lake Union to Lake Washington by a canal through the Portage. Fourth. By way of Shilshole Bay, Almon Bay, The Valley of the outlet of Lake Union to Lake Union, and thence between Lakes Union and Washington, by a canal through the Portage. Fifth. By way of Smiths Cove to the upper end of Salmon Bay; thence as in the preceding route."" The report presents the fourth and fifth options as the most feasible.
Identifier: spl_saw_370880
Date: 1892
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Greetings from Seattle, ca. 1940
Promotional booklet of Seattle highlights such as the Seattle Art Museum, the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge (now I-90), the waterfront, the George Washington Memorial Bridge, Mount Rainier, the San Juan Islands, skiing, the University of Washington, Volunteer Park, private homes, and Frederick and Nelson.
Identifier: spl_saw_2831672
Date: 1940
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