Engineering Department Moving Images ➔ [Seattle Department of Streets and Sewers Activities]

Moving Image

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Identifier:

12951

Description

A silent film created by the Seattle Department of Streets and Sewers highlighting the department's work. Title cards describe locations and type of work completed. City work is shown at various intersections and bridges. Activities include dredging, grading, painting, flushing streets. Locations include Pine and 4th, 4th and Jackson, Fremont and University Bridges, N 34th St, Smith Cove, and the Juanita Gravel Plant. Shots include a policeman directs traffic at 4th and Jackson outside of King Street Station (a sign for the "New Olympian" can be seen in the background). Gas shovel in operation at the Jackson Street Slide. Dump trucks and operations at the Juanita Gravel Plant, including loading a ramp at Juanita Bay. Various traffic scenes and bridge operations with cars and streetcars. People swimming at Green Lake Park.

Original Number:

566

Language:

English

Date created:

1926 No

Coverage Date:

1926 Yes

Series:

2613-09: Engineering Department Moving Images

Produced:

Seattle

Running Time:

14m 52.1s

Type:

Documentary

Note:

A title card at 00:02:34 reads "Department of Streets & Sewers City of Seattle W.D. Barkhuff, Supt. showing some of the activities carried on by this department."

Subject Terms:

DOWNTOWN;PEOPLE WORKING;STORM SEWERS;EARTHMOVING MACHINERY;STREET CONSTRUCTION;DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS;UNIVERSITY DISTRICT;BRIDGES;FREMONT;TRUCKS;STREETCARS;INTERBAY;STREET CLEANING;SMITH COVE;TRAFFIC;GRADING;MAGNOLIA;CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;PAVING MATERIALS;POLICE;GREEN LAKE PARK;GREEN LAKE Moving Image

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Permissions:

Photographs created by the City of Seattle are public record and do not require permission for use; please cite Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives and include the identifier number. If a rights holder other than the City of Seattle exists, that information will appear in the Notes field. If you require a high-resolution file, please contact the archives archives@seattle.gov. There is an $8/scan fee for this service (see our fee schedule, here).

Citation:

Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, #12951, Series 2613-09.

Related Items:

556: [Seattle scenes] ( Moving Image)

Creator:

Seattle (Wash.). Department of Streets and Sewers

Film Format(s):

16mm mm, 24 fps (Box 14) Original

Video Format(s):

Carrier: 1559 Digital Betacam (Box 14)

Digital Format(s):

Matroska (14 GiB)
MPEG-4 (1 GiB)

Permissions:

Moving image content created by the City of Seattle is public record and does not require permission for use as it is a public record. To use content created by entities other than the City of Seattle, please contact the creator for permission. Please cite moving images materials “Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives” with the item number if possible. The videos streaming here are a low resolution copy. If you require a higher resolution copy, please contact archives@seattle.gov. Moving Image

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