Looking South Towards Seattle House Yard
- Title:
- Looking South Towards Seattle House Yard
- 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:
- 47.581506,-122.337282
- Latitude:
- 47.581506
- Longitude:
- -122.337282
- Location:
- Seattle, WA
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb59f047
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- GN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 4 #51
- Exhibit Number:
- J-4
- File Name:
- 5003pb59f047.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Looking south toward the Seattle house yard and toward the Northern Pacific main line. The Seattle house yard is off to the left and not shown. To the right is Occidental Avenue. The track in the center of the picture curving over to the right is the spur leading off to Occidental Avenue. Notice the number of cars parked immediately adjacent to the tracks. Also notice the close clearance between the cars and the track.
- 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:
- 47
- 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.