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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Nwda

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Water Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 8200-01
Scope and Contents note

Annual financial and narrative report of department activities. Includes 1891, 1894-1968, 1975-1976, and 1978-1985.

Dates: 1891-1985

Blacksmith Shop Requisitions

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8201-04
Scope and Contents note

Requisition ledger for blacksmith shop supplies. Arranged alphabetically by item requisitioned . Includes item, date, requisition number, amount, and supplier.

Dates: 1908-1912

Boarding House Ledger of Groceries and Supplies

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8201-03
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1918-1919

Cedar River Water Supply System #2 Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8203-01
Scope and Contents note

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

Dates: 1907-1911

Cedar River Watershed Cooperative Agreements

 Series
Identifier: 8200-08
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1957-1992

Cedar River Watershed Maps

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 8204-02
Abstract

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

Dates: 1891 -1970

Water Department Civil Service Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8200-06
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and notices of personnel actions to and from the Civil Service Department.

Dates: 1915-1942

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Water Department Departmental Publications

 Series
Identifier: 8200-15
Scope and Contents note

Newsletters and brochures published by the Water Department.

Dates: 1963-1992

Water Department Emergency Response Planning Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8200-07
Scope and Contents note

Departmental policies and procedures for response to emergencies affecting the City and the water system. Outlines general plan and specific responses to earthquakes, contamination, chemical spills, power failures, communication failures, civil and employee disturbances, landslides, floods, and nuclear disaster.

Dates: 1980

Water Department Federal Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 8200-09
Scope and Contents note

Contracts, support documents, and correspondence between the Water Department and federal government. Includes agreements relating to geodetic surveys, military use of the Seattle Waterfront, federal use of department lands, and extension of water services to government installations.

Dates: 1942-1970

Water Department General Ledger

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8201-05
Scope and Contents note

Debit and credit balance sheet showing payments for services, supplies, equipment, and facility construction and maintenance. Includes date, amount paid, and purpose. Arranged chronologically by fund and/or type of service. One volume dates from 1889 to 1892 and the other from 1911 to 1917.

Dates: 1889-1917

Water Department Meter Reading Log Books

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8202-03
Scope and Contents note

Meter reading log books arranged by meter number noting name or address, date, and meter reading. Four volumes cover four years: 1889, 1900, 1906 and 1907. The 1889, 1900 and 1906 volumes provide the name or building name and often the address as well, along with the meter number. The 1907 volume gives only the address with the meter number and appears to be for District 2.

Dates: 1889-1907

Miscellaneous Water Supply Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8203-04
Scope and Contents note

Information requests, contracts for supplies, orders for supplies, notices of appointment, and general correspondence relating to the City's water system.

Dates: 1889-1904

Water Department Ordinance Abstracts

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8200-11
Scope and Contents note

Brief abstracts of ordinances relating to Water and Lighting Departments. Includes ordinance number, date and summary. Covers ordinances 487 to 22011.

Dates: 1884-1909

Water Department Payrolls and Estimates of Expenses

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8201-02
Scope and Contents note

Departmental payroll and general expenses. Payroll includes name, job title, pay rate, and amount paid. General expense categories include salaries, supplies, type of service, horses, and materials.

Dates: 1908-1925

Water Department Register of Taps

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8202-01
Scope and Contents note

Record of water tap locations arranged alphabetically by street name. Includes house numbers (old and new); owner; type of occupancy; assessment based on size, occupants, water facilities, and livestock; and tap number and location.

Dates: 1899

Sanborn Insurance Maps

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8202-02
Scope and Contents note

Fire insurance maps of Seattle. Volumes 1-2 were drawn in 1893 and are corrected to 1903; volumes 3-4 were drawn in 1905 and corrected to 1915.

Dates: 1893-1915

Water Department Scrapbooks

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8200-12
Scope and Contents note

Newspaper and magazine clippings covering all aspects of Water Department activities. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1949-1965

Utility Franchise Records

 Series
Identifier: 2623-02
Abstract

Records of the Seattle Department of Engineering consisting of correspondence between the Department and grantees of utility franchises. Also included are agreements, maps, drawings, and photographs.

Dates: 1896-1983; 1908-1973

Water Department Central Files

 Series
Identifier: 8200-05
Abstract

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

Dates: 1889-1987

Water Department Conservation Office Records

 Series
Identifier: 8206-01
Abstract

Records of an office that promoted water conservation.

Dates: 1978-1989

Engineering Department Creek Photographs and Slides

 Series
Identifier: 2613-27
Abstract

Photographic documentation of Seattle's creeks, including activities undertaken by the Water Department to test and improve water quality.

Dates: 1987-1999

Fluoride Scrapbook

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8205-10
Abstract

Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed introduction of fluoride into the Seattle water system.

Dates: 1946-1963

Water Department Historical Files

 Series
Identifier: 8200-10
Abstract

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

Dates: 1889-1964

Northern Tier Pipeline Records

 Series
Identifier: 8204-05
Abstract

Records concerning a proposed oil pipeline.

Dates: 1973-1983

Water Department Reports and Writings

 Series
Identifier: 8200-16
Abstract

Reports and writings regarding Seattle's Water Department.

Dates: 1903-1948

Water Department Superintendent's Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 8200-02
Abstract

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

Dates: 1891-1995

Water Quality Scrapbook

 Series
Identifier: 8205-11
Abstract

Contents of a scrapbook documenting efforts by the Seattle Water Department to monitor and improve water quality.

Dates: 1956-1977

Water System Services Records

 Series
Identifier: 8203-05
Abstract

Records related to operations of the Seattle Water Department.

Dates: 1958-1996

Seattle Watershed and Pipeline Aerial Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 8204-03
Abstract

Aerial photographs of Seattle Watershed and Pipeline.

Dates: 1930-1989

Water Department Superintendent's Correspondence Index

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8200-04
Scope and Contents note

Two alphabetical indexes to Superintendent's Correspondence letterpress books for years 1919-1923 and 1923-1948.

Dates: 1919-1948

Water Department Superintendent's Incoming Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8200-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to L.B. Youngs regarding Seattle water system. Includes complaints, requests for service, invoices, and general correspondence.

Dates: 1906

Tolt River Water Treatment Facility Visitors Register

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8204-04
Scope and Contents note

Name, address and remarks of visitors to the Tolt River Water Treatment facility.

Dates: 1963-2001

Utilities and Environmental Management Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4667-03
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation related to the issues and work of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee.

Dates: 1996-1999

Water Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-J2
Scope and Contents note

Reports for the Department of Lighting and Water are included in this series until 1910. Early reports include statistics on pumping stations and reservoirs. Beginning in 1922, reports include maps, photographs, and an index to exhibits. From 1930 to 1959 reports are published every year. Beginning in 1972, statistical information is published separately.

Dates: 1894-1995

Water Department Personnel Cards

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8201-06
Scope and Contents note The Personnel Cards provide a summary of personnel information and actions for Water Department employees from approximately 1900 to 1973. The cards are divided chronologically into two subseries that that overlap slightly. The first subseries includes employees who left department service between 1900-1930; the cards include employee name, employment classification, pay rate, work start date, and some notes on personnel actions related to pay increases and termination. The second (and far...
Dates: 1900-1973

Water Fund Ledger

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8201-01
Scope and Contents note

First ledger of City water system following the purchase of Spring Hill Water Company and creation of water fund. Includes tap number, street, house number, occupancy type, owner, payer, property and characteristics of property, monthly rate, and payments by month. This is essentially a register of taps, similar to Record Series 8202-01. Ledger cover reads "Water Ledger of the Spring Hill Water Company for 18 ."

Dates: 1890-1891

Water Supply Extension Estimates

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8203-02
Scope and Contents note

Estimates of costs for replacing pipe, construction of reservoirs, system repairs, and building aqueducts. Includes calculations, specifications, and drawings.

Dates: 1915-1921