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Archives spotlight: Historical weather

Archives spotlight: Historical weather

Even if you do enjoy the occasional snow, we can probably all agree that it creates headaches for driving, scheduling, dealing with kids who stay home from school, keeping the driveway shoveled, and so forth. Perhaps this look at a few historical weather storms will help remind us that the current weather isn’t that bad. Walla Walla flood, 1931 Floodwaters overcame the streets of Walla Walla during a storm in 1931. According to a State Archives researcher, this house is located…

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Celebrating WA bridges: Green River Gorge Bridge

Celebrating WA bridges: Green River Gorge Bridge

(Photo courtesy Washington State Archives) Throughout October, our State Archives is playing tribute to Washington’s historic bridges as documented in its collections as it celebrates Archives Month. Here we’re featuring the Green River Gorge Bridge when it was under construction in 1914. The photo is from the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. It’s one of a dozen photos of historic WA bridges that are found on this year free Archives Month poster. You can pick up a printed…

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2015 Archives Month celebrates WA bridges

2015 Archives Month celebrates WA bridges

When you’re a state that has as many rivers, lakes and other waterways as Washington, you need a lot of bridges. In fact, according to the state Department of Transportation, WA has nearly 10,000 state and local bridges. Some of Washington’s earlier bridges are famous (or infamous): “Galloping Gertie,” which collapsed into the Tacoma Narrows in 1940, just months after opening; the replacement Narrows Bridge that still stands tall today; and the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge across Lake Washington,…

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