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Summary

English: Waterfront and tidal flats from Beacon Hill, ca. 1898 (

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Photographer



Description	Norwegian photographer father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death	12 June 1865	21 February 1949
Location of birth/death	Flekkefjord Municipality	Oslo
Work period	1900–49
Work location	Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file	: Q144339 VIAF: 11872032 ISNI: 0000000037452319 LCCN: no92001066 Open Library: OL465293A GND: 1061736962 WorldCat

Title

English: Waterfront and tidal flats from Beacon Hill, ca. 1898

Description

English:

Tidal mudflats once extended all the way to the foot of Seattle's Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Developers bought these tidelands and filled it in for sawmills, shipyards, flour mills, and other waterfront industries. This photo by Anders Wilse, probably taken in 1898, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like before the tidal flats were filled in. The Centennial Flour Mill is the large white building at the distant left. The Moran Brothers' shipyard is just to its right. In the center of the photo, you may be able to make out a row of sternwheelers being built for the gold rush.

Original copy negative Original photograph: Wilse, Anders B., ca. 1898. Copied after 1902 by Webster & Stevens

Subjects (LCTGM): Reclamation of land; Trestles; Tideflats; Waterfronts

Depicted place

English: Seattle (Wash.)

Date

circa 1898

Medium

English: 1 glass negative: b&w

Dimensions

height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm)

Collection

University of Washington

	Native name	University of Washington
	Location	Seattle, Washington, United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 39′ 15″ N, 122° 18′ 29″ W
	Established	1861
	Website	www.washington.edu
	Authority file	: Q219563 VIAF: 265500071 ISNI: 0000000122986657 ULAN: 500308857 LCCN: n79054596 NLA: 35573202 WorldCat

Current location

Museum of History and Industry

Accession number

5851

Source

English: Museum of History and Industry

Permission
(Reusing this file)

The author died in 1949, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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