City Clerk General Files ➔ The property owners on the Madison Street Extension petitioned the Council to hire Gus Brehn to lower a "mammoth" boulder into the ground. The boulder kept the Madison Street Extension from being completed. A local resident had an injunction barring the use of explosives to remove the "monster" rock.

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Identifier:

990104

Description

The property owners on the Madison Street Extension petitioned the Council to hire Gus Brehn to lower a "mammoth" boulder into the ground. The boulder kept the Madison Street Extension from being completed. A local resident had an injunction barring the use of explosives to remove the "monster" rock.

Series:

1802-04: City Clerk General Files

30

Location:

30 1 ,

Note:

Petition. 5/15/1885; Communication from Gus Brehn. 6/5/1885; Report from the Committee on Streets. 6/5/1885
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Subject Terms:

STREET CONSTRUCTION;HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;FIRST HILL;DOWNTOWN Textual Record

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Citation:

Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, #990104, Series 1802-04.

Related People/Organizations:

Brehn, Gus Textual Record

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