East Side of Alaskan Way Viaduct, North of Atlantic Street
- Title:
- East Side of Alaskan Way Viaduct, North of Atlantic Street
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Great Northern Railway: Everett and Seattle, Washington
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Zumwinkle, V.S.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 47.592108,-122.336679
- Latitude:
- 47.592108
- Longitude:
- -122.336679
- Location:
- Seattle, WA
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb59f046
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- GN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 31 #47
- Exhibit Number:
- J-31A
- File Name:
- 5003pb59f046.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is a picture taken along the east side of the viaduct just north of Atlantic Street. The left is a long freight train moving across Atlantic Street and curving around in the center background. Also note from this track running north and south, the open switch points and the crossover. Here we have heavily raveled streets again. This is an industrial area of Seattle. City buses use these streets, as indicated by bus zone just to the right of the Atlantic Street sign on the right-hand portion of the picture. The track will lead to the industrial track shown here in the center of the picture which cuts across both of these tracks and runs into the industry plant shown on the right-hand side of the picture. Somewhere industry leads cut across the streets at points further north along Atlantic Street. These crossing are all unprotected by flashing lights, bells, or gates. Lookouts are required on both sides of the cab at all times. Important to note, though, is that there is a crossing watchman at Atlantic Street flagging the movement of engines through there, and also protecting the vehicle traffic.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 59
- Folder:
- 46
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.