View of King Street Station from Holgate Street
- Title:
- View of King Street Station from Holgate 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:
- 47.598362,-122.329901
- Latitude:
- 47.598362
- Longitude:
- -122.329901
- Site:
- King Street Station
- Location:
- Seattle, WA
King Street Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb59f003
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- GN
NP - Internal Number:
- Ex. 1 #1
- Exhibit Number:
- J-1
- File Name:
- 5003pb59f003.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Smith Tower
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad stations
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Taken south of Seattle House Yard, looking directly into downtown Seattle. Track to extreme right is used by Great Northern crews in switching in the yard, and also for set out and pick up of cars being transferred to and from the Interbay Yard. Track shown in the center of the picture is Northern Pacific westbound mainline track, which curves to the right of the picture and runs into King Street Station. Other tracks to the left are Northern Pacific eastbound main line, an Northern Pacific yard tracks. The grade crossing is Holgate Street, extremely busy during certain parts of the day. Track to extreme right (behind white building) is designated as Mud Track and used by GN crews in switching.
- 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:
- 3
- 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.