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Resource identifier |
BCH0117 |
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Title |
Hauling materials for Kiona Canal dam 1904 |
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Title (alternative) |
Hauling materials for Kiona Canal (Kiona Irrigation District) dam 1904 |
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Creator note |
Unknown photographer |
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Description |
A man stands on a small raft which is being loaded with rocks. Two other men are standing on a dock, while three men are on the cobble-covered river bank loading material. A team of horses, one light and one dark, stand nearby. The three wheelbarrows in the photo are made with low sides to facilitate loading and unloading of heavy materials. This operation would have taken place in late summer or very early fall when the river was at its lowest. The Kiona canal was located about five miles upstream of Kiona on the north side (Benton City side) of the Yakima River. At the time the Kiona Canal was built the land on both sides of the Yakima River was referred to as the Kiona area. The city of Benton City did not yet exist, the plat filed by North Coast Railroad in February 1910. The Kiona Canal is now known as the Kiona Irrigation District (KiID), whose water rights date back to 1889. The canal was first developed by the Yakima Irrigating and Improvement Company. At the time of the photo, the irrigation district was held by the Northwestern Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railroad. During the Yakima River flood of 1996, some of the KiID system’s infrastructure suffered damage; consequently the system was reworked and the water is currently delivered via a pressurized pump and pipe distribution system. Written on envelope: “Hauling materials for Kiona Canal dam 1904, no. 35”. |
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Location (TGN) |
United States -- Washington -- Benton county -- Kiona
United States -- Columbia River
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Location (coordinates) |
46.2719,-119.57002 |
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Date |
1904 |
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Decade |
1900s (1900-1909) |
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Subject (LCTGM) |
Irrigation
Dams
Dam construction
Laborers
Wheelbarrows
Rivers
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Topic |
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transportation & Travel
People, Race, Ethnicity & Culture
Business, Labor & Commerce
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Physical Format (AAT) |
black-and-white photographs
glass plate negatives
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Contributing institution |
Mid-Columbia Libraries, Benton City Branch
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Digital Repository |
Washington Rural Heritage |
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Collection |
Kiona-Benton City Heritage -- Historic Glass Negatives Collection
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Source item specifications |
holding institution: Kiona Benton City Historical Society; provenance: private collection of Chuck and Betty Morgan; extent and medium: 1 glass plate negative; dimensions: 7 x 5 in.; other physical details: enclosed in paper envelope |
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Rights and use |
The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Benton City Library, Mid-Columbia Libraries. |
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Publication status |
Unpublished
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Copyright status |
Copyright Undetermined
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Rights URI |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
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Copyright notes |
The creator (photographer) of this work is unknown. Unpublished works enter the public domain 70 years after the death of their creator. They can also conservatively be assumed to have entered the public domain 120 years after the date of creation (they may enter at an earlier date, but verification of creator/creator death date is required to make a definitive determination). This administrative note does not constitute legal advice; users are encouraged to contact the contributing institution and/or seek legal counsel prior to using this work. |
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Publisher (digital) |
Washington State Library |
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Date (digital) |
2010-03-18 |
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Type (DCMI) |
Still Image
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Access file format |
image/jp2
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Access file specifications |
JPEG2000 generated from service master file; compression software: OCLC CONTENTdm Project Client version 5.3.1.230, compression ratio: 40:1, resolution levels: auto, quality layers: 20, tile dimension: 1024 x 1024 |
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Digitization specifications |
master file format: image/tiff; master filesize: 38 MB; bit depth: 16bits per pixel; color mode: grayscale; pixel dimensions: 5195x3804; resolution: 720ppi; capture hardware: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro |
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Archival file location (AIP) |
bentoncityVolume1_2012-07 |
