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Ledger of supplies for Cedar River Watershed cook and bunkhouses. Includes type and amount of supplies, cost, date, and supplier.

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Correspondence of the assistant City Engineer relating to improvements, construction, and extension of the Seattle water supply system.

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Negative collection contains images relating to the condemnation of land in the Cedar River Watershed for pipeline right-of-ways and creation of a reservoir. Condemnation proceedings were carried out by the City of Seattle to rid the watershed of inhabitants and protect water quality.

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Audio recordings of annual meetings for Cedar River Watershed Agreement participants and Fire Protection meetings.

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Agreements between SWD and government and corporate entities relating to cooperative resource use, protection and miantenance in the watershed. Agreements cover logging, fire protection, and road maintenance, among other topics. Files include signed agreements, correspondence, memoranda, and meeting minutes and notes.

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Over 300 maps dating from the 1890s to the 1970s depicting land acquisition of property in the City's Cedar River Watershed and pipelines.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and agreements relating to Seattle Water Department activities and projects.

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Public documents and research notes that were gathered in the process of writing a history of the Seattle Water Department.

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Records concerning a proposed oil pipeline.

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Reports and writings regarding Seattle's Water Department.

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Records documenting the administration, activities and projects of the Seattle Water Department.

Scope and Contents note Water Department photographs depicting projects and property. The negatives date from 1899-1978. Over 3400 are digitized and available on the digital collections site; the majority date from 1900 to the mid-1940s. The over 8,000 unscanned negatives date from the mid-1940s to 1978; descriptions of negatives are available in the finding aid. Topics include: personnel, employees working, the Cedar River Watershed, Tolt watershed, reservoirs, pipeline and watermain installations and repair,...