Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Read digital editions of this weekly Northwest construction and engineering publication from 1906-1910. Issues document notable construction news in the Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 34, Aug. 25, 1906
Page 3 article "Leveling Seattle" discusses regrading and the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_34
Date: 1906-08-25
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2, 1909
Page 1-3 article discusses construction of macadam roads in Washington.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1909_07_01
Date: 1909-01-02
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 8, no. 33, Aug. 7, 1909
Page 312-313 article discusses use of the wireless telegraph at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1909_08_33
Date: 1909-08-07
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 2, Jan. 13, 1906
Page 3-6 article discusses buildings and businesses in Georgetown. Photos of Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, the interior of the Masonic Temple, Julius Horton and his home, the Lincoln Park Hotel, Rudolph Samet, C. Leroy Wilson, Noice and Co.'s Undertaking Parlor, Hamilton's Hall, the Bee Hive Store, Muller School, the Wilson Block and Union Savings and Trust Co. are included.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_02
Date: 1906-01-13
View this itemCome by Sail, Rail, or Hit the Trail! The Golden Potlatch, June 14, 1911
Postcard advertising the Golden Potlatch Festival, featuring three images on front showing the Seattle waterfront, a forest road and King Street Station. Transcribed from postcard: "A Hot Time in a Cool Place - Come! Seattle's Great Carnival Week of July 17th, 1911 Welcome!" Printed on back of postcard: "51. July 17, 1897, the steamer Portland arrived in Seattle bringing $500,000 in gold dust, the first proof of the rich strikes in the North. Within twenty-four hours the greatest gold rush of modern time was under way."
Identifier: spl_pc_36038
Date: 1911-06-14
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 5, no. 22, Jun. 1, 1907
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1907_05_22
Date: 1907-06-01
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 5, no. 50, Dec. 14, 1907
Page 14-15 article features the home of H.H. Ells in Bellingham. Photos and floorplans are included. Page 16 article discusses plans for the Seattle Public Library. Page 17 features the All Saints Episcopal Church (also known as the University Baptist Church) at 47th Ave. and Brooklyn St.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1907_05_50
Date: 1907-12-14
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 8, no. 41, Oct. 2, 1909
Page 390-391 discusses the Foundry Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1909_08_41
Date: 1909-10-02
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 9, no. 18, Apr. 30, 1910
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1910_09_18
Date: 1910-04-30
View this itemPacific Builder and Engineer, v. 7, no. 11, Mar. 13, 1909
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1909_07_11
Date: 1909-03-13
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