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- Snowshed construction
- Snowshed construction on the Great Northern Railway line near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows freight trains, lumber piles, a traveling construction crane, timber cribbing and a snowshed. Signs on frame buildings read: "Horse Shoe...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 August 21
- Snowshed repair
- View of a timber and concrete snowshed with a damaged roof near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows rocks and timber debris from probably a snow slide. Fire damaged trees are on steep slopes near freight cars, construction supplies and...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad maintenance & repair--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Ruins--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 October 17
- Snowshed construction
- Construction workers use ropes to lift timbers for frame cribbing at a snowshed construction site near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Workers stand near stacks of lumber and on Great Northern Railway tracks.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...
- 1917 October 7
- West End
- Construction workers shovel debris from Great Northern Railway tracks after a rock slide near Stevens Pass, probably at the west end of the first Cascade Tunnel, in King County, Washington. Shows frame snowshed scaffolding, cribbing and a traveling...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...
- 1917 June 23
- Snowshed construction
- Construction workers are near Great Northern Railway tracks, piles of lumber and a frame snowshed under construction near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917 September 20
- Snowshed construction
- View of snowshed construction near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Workers move timbers for a covered snowshed over double Great Northern Railway tracks. Traveling cranes are on the wooden snowshed. Shows rock debris and fire damaged trees...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 September 30
- Snowshed construction
- View of the construction of a framed timber snowshed beside Great Northern Railway tracks near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Freight cars filled with probably sand are on tracks near piles of rebar. Shows a traveling crane, frame...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917 August 25
- Snow shed construction
- View of construction of a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Workmen are on Great Northern Railway tracks or on the shed roof with a traveling crane. Shows debris from a rock slide and an eroded, fire damaged hillside.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 July 14
- Rock slide at snowshed
- A workman walks on Great Northern Railway tracks beside a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows piles of rocks cleared from tracks, stacks of lumber and fire damaged trees on the mountain.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Rocks--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 June 13
- Rock slide
- Men stand on the roof of a concrete retaining wall for a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Boulders from a rock or snowslide are piled on the roof near a stack of lumber, ladders and a wooden tripod.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Retaining walls--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Rocks--Washington (State)--King...
- 1914 April 27
- Snowshed construction
- View of snowshed construction on Great Northern Railway tracks near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows workmen on tracks, stacks of timber beams, and a Marion steam shovel, Model 40, on an eroded hillside. Fire damaged trees are on the...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Snowshed construction
- View of construction workers, a locomotive and stacks of timber near a snowshed under construction near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Frame buildings and a traveling crane are near Great Northern Railway tracks.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917 September 20
- Snowshed
- Traveling construction crane on a frame snowshed with wooden cribbing beside Great Northern Railway tracks, probably near Embro (King County), Washington. Fire damaged and eroded hillsides and piles of snow are nearby.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 June 30
- Rock slide
- A Marion steam shovel, Model 40 moves rocks from a rock slide or snowslide on Great Northern Railway tracks in King County, Washington. Men use shovels to move rocks. Shows a wooden snowshed and fire damaged trees on a mountain.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Digging--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington...
- 1917
- Great Northern locomotive
- View of a Great Northern Railway locomotive on tracks at Embro (King County), Washington. Workers and a construction excavator are on a wooden snowshed roof. Mountains are in the distance.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 August 16
- Snow slide
- A man stands in deep snow in front of a snow pile on a slope near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows lumber debris, cables, a shovel and probably the roof of a snowshed. Fire damaged trees are on the mountain.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 May 20
- Snow slide
- A man and woman stand near a generator or drill, Great Northern Railway tracks and a frame snowshed in King County, Washington. Shows construction equipment, repairmen and a pile of snow from a snowslide.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Snowsheds--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 June 10
- Snowshed debris
- View of lumber debris from a snowshed in probably King County, Washington. Shows loose rocks and dirt and damaged wooden cribbing.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Snowsheds--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.
- 1917 August 5
- Snow slide
- Men repair damage on a snowshed roof near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows piles of snow on top of frame cribbing, and fire damaged hillsides.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington...
- 1917 June 17
- Snow shed repair
- Workmen stand on damaged wooden snow fence structures on probably a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows wooden and concrete retaining walls and a traveling crane.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad maintenance & repair--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Retaining...
- [1917?]
- Snow shed construction
- Timber posts are hoisted by a traveling crane during construction or repair of a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows workers, a wall of cribbing and stacks of lumber.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1901-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting Machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 June 30
- Snowshed construction
- Views of workers on a wooden snowshed and on lumber on freight cars on Great Northern Railway tracks near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Smoke rises from a traveling crane.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 September 30
- Snowshed construction
- Workers and a traveling crane are on a snowshed roof in King County, Washington. Shows a pile of timber posts and fire damaged trees on a hillside near Stevens Pass.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1917 October 18
- Snowpack
- Men stand beside packed snow from a snowslide near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Workers stand on timber snowshed scaffolding.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...
- 1917 July 9
- Snowpack
- Men hold shovels and stand on a snow covered snowshed roof near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows timber debris and block and tackle cables. Fire damaged trees are nearby.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 May 10
- Snowshed construction
- Construction workers pose at a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Men stand on timber posts near a traveling crane and a concrete retaining wall.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [1917?]
- Snow removal
- Workmen hold shovels and move snow from the roof of a wooden snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Packed snow is in a ravine on a fire damaged hillside.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad maintenance &...
- 1917 June 13
- Snowshed construction
- Workers move wooden debris from a snowshed retaining wall near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows a wooden traveling crane, smoke above a Marion Steam Shovel, and loose rock in a ravine.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- [1917?]
- Snowshed construction
- Workmen move gravel from Great Northern Railway freight cars at a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Steam rises from a locomotive. Shows a traveling crane, piles of lumber, an eroded hillside and narrow gauge tracks on...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroads--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Snowsheds--Washington...
- 1917 October 30
- Snowshed construction
- Workers stand on frame scaffolding for a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows rebar and concrete molds for concrete buttresses.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917 October 3
- Snowshed construction
- View of wooden scaffolding on a snowshed retaining wall near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows rebar for concrete buttresses.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) y 1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Reinforced concrete construction--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.;...
- 1917 September 8
- Snowshed construction
- Workmen stand on piles of lumber at a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows a wooden traveling crane, cribbing and Great Northern Railway tracks in the tunnel. Fire damaged trees are on the steep hillside.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Forest fires--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 July 9
- Snowshed construction
- Workmen are on Great Northern Railway tracks or on a snowshed roof during construction or repair, near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows a wooden traveling crane, freight cars, cribbing, and piles of rocks and timber debris on the...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 July 14
- Snowshed construction
- Workmen stand beside rebar in concrete molds during snowshed construction near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows Great Northern Railway tracks and locomotive number "708."
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 September 2
- Snowshed construction
- A man stands on Great Northern Railway tracks at a wooden snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. A workman is on the snowshed roof beside a traveling crane. Shows piles of lumber and debris.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [1917?]
- Blasting at snowshed construction site
- View of an explosive blast, probably to widen the Great Northern Railway railroad grade for snowshed construction, near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Blasting--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Washington...
- 1917 June 23
- Wrecked snowshed cribbing
- View of rocks, dirt and timber debris from a retaining wall for a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows eroded slopes and damaged wooden cribbing.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King...
- 1917 July 20
- Snow on snowshed roof
- Men hold shovels and stand on a wooden snowshed roof near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows packed snow, probably from a snowslide. A wooden diversion flume moves water to the roof top to soften the snow. Shows fire damaged trees on the...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Flumes--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Washington...
- 1917 June 10
- Snowshed repair
- Workmen stand on wooden cribbing for a snowshed near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows timber beams on the ground, probably damaged by a snowslide. Packed snow is on the hillside beside the men.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Avalanches--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...
- [1917?]