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Interesting old photo of Stoneway property prior to the permanent bulkhead

Sep08
2010 Written by Randy Corman

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Sandbag levee protecting Stoneway property in Renton, in 1933. Click here to go the the University of Washington archive source for this photograph.

After my previous blog entry I searched online for a photo of the Stoneway Cedar River bulkhead, a concrete structure that I have seen many times during rafting trips. I never found a photo of the current bulkhead, but I found this photo from 1933, before the bulkhead was built. The sandbags in this photo illustrate why the “Stoneway Docks” Company felt they needed a permanent bulkhead.

As a reminder, the dam which provides some flood protection on Cedar River (and forms the Chester Morse reservoir) was built in 1900, 33 years before this photo was taken.

I think this photo is looking west along the Stoneway site, with the NARCO brick company immediately across the river (current home of the offleash dog park), and Renton Hill in the background– I’ll ask astute readers to please tell me if I’m mistaken on the angle of the photo.

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  1. rentonben's Gravatar rentonben
    September 10, 2010 at 5:19 am | Permalink

    Yow! While I think environmental regulations are starting to go to far, it’s clear to see from this photo why the pendulum is swinging so widely.

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