Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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City of Seattle
Seattle
Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
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Collection Number:
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2613-27
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Creator:
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Seattle
(Wash.). Water Dept.
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Title:
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Creek Photographs &
Slides
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Dates:
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1987-1999 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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2 cubic feet
8 boxes
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English
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Summary:
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Photographic documentation of Seattle's
creeks, including activities undertaken by the Water Department to test and
improve water quality.
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Historical Note
A public waterworks was created by City Charter Amendment in 1875.
However, Seattle was served primarily by small private water companies for the
next decade and a half. Following the Great Fire of 1889, citizens voted to
fund creation of a municipally owned water system. The City purchased the
private systems, and since 1891, has owned and operated a municipal water
system. The City began developing the Cedar River Watershed and contracting
with outside communities (such as Ballard and Renton) for the sale and
provision of water to those communities. The system was administered by the
Superintendent of Water under the auspices of the Board of Public Works. In
1905 the Department of Lighting and Water Works was created. Five years later,
the Water Department became a separate entity. In 1952, development of the Tolt
River as a secondary water source was recommended; this development took place
in the 1960s. In 1997 the Water Department was consolidated with the utilities
of the Engineering Department to form Seattle Public Utilities.
Content Description
During the 1990s, biologists at the Seattle Water Department undertook
the photo-documentation of Seattle's Creeks. Represented in this collection of
10 binders are North Seattle Creeks such as Thornton Creek located in the Lake
City neighborhood, and Venema and Piper's creeks located in Carkeek Park. South
End and Central Seattle creeks such as Taylor, Fauntleroy, and Lowman's creeks
are also represented. This collection is an in depth look at subjects
concerning Seattle's numerous watersheds such as erosion, water quality,
drainage, construction, the state of tributaries and detention ponds, dams,
bridges, and culverts. Also, this collection offers a look at creek
maintenance, slide damage, equipment, soil testing, and other activities
undertaken by the utility department to keep Seattle's watershed functioning
and serving the citizens of the city.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Records are open to the public.
Preferred Citation [Title of image, date. Item number.] Seattle
Water Department Creek Photographs and Slides , Record Series 2613-27. Box
[number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Seattle
(Wash.). Water Dept. |
| Seattle
(Wash.) |
| Drainage--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Erosion--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Landslides--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Rivers--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Storm water retention
basins--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Water quality--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Water utilities--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Wetlands--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Photographs |
| Other Creators : |
| Seattle
Public Utilities |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection. These images form a discrete series within the larger
institutional photograph collection. This inclusion in the latter is reflected
by the first container of this series being number 250.
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2613-27:
Seattle Water Department Creek
Photographs and Slides, 1987-1999
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Creeks & Engineering
Department & Water Quality
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1987-1995 |
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Longfellow, Thornton, Piper's, and Venema creeks, Lake
Washington, fish, water monitoring, drainage, construction, erosion control,
education.
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South End & Central
Creeks - Creeks & More
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1992-1999 |
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Fauntleroy, Lowman's, Puget Ridge, Schmitz, and Taylor
creeks, 46th Ave SW culvert, Duwamish River, Me-Kwo-Mooks Park, South Seattle
Community College, detention ponds, landslides, wetlands, erosion.
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North Seattle Creeks:
Piper's, Thornton, Ravenna
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1992-1998 |
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Piper's, Thornton, Ravenna, and Willow creeks, Meadowbrook
Pond, Burlington Northern Railroad, Inverness Ravines, Lake City Way, Nathan
Hale High School, Sand Point Golf Course, Shilshole.
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Thornton Creek - Physical
& Habitat Assessment
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1995-1996 |
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Thornton and Victory creeks, Lake City Way, Nathan Hale High
School, Sand Point, bridges, culverts, erosion, sludge, erosion.
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Drainage and Watershed
Utility & Co.
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1991-1992 |
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Ashworth Pond, Duwamish River, West Seattle, 47th Street,
asphalt & paving, dredging, erosion control, pumps, repairs, slide damage,
soil testing, drainage, flow meters, maintenance.
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Creeks: Trips, Tours, &
Problems
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1991-1998 |
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Little Soos, Pigeon, and Thornton creeks, Cedar River,
Everett, Kent, detention ponds, drainage, heavy equipment, pipes, salmon,
wetlands.
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Piper's Creek: Sediment
Ponds, General Photos & Salmon Business
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1992-1999 |
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Piper's, Muhlendorf, and Venema creeks, Viewland School,
caves, ponds, salmon, wetlands, backyards, erosion control.
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Piper's Creek; Taylor Creek
and Schmitz Park Creek; Longfellow Creek
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1994-1996 |
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Piper's, Taylor, Schmitz Park, and Longfellow creeks,
bridges, erosion, detention ponds, debris, culverts.
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