Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2016.096.033

Description

Location: Camera facing south. To the right is the cliff to the beach. To the left background past the far power pole is Engle road where the road vears shape left a couple hundred yards past Hill road. The building in the background is Fort Casey north gate Picket Guard House. The Picket Guard House was completed Nov 2, 1908.at a cost of $900.00. Sewell construction, no internal plumbing. The building in the foreground is the power house for #8 & #9 (GE searchlights are to the right outside of the image range). The power house (completed April 11, 1911, cost $2386.50) included two General Electric direct drive 25KW gasoline (Type GM-12, 560RPM) driven generators. Also included were two radiators and a Marble live front switcgboard. Sewell type construction. All poles (except the extreme left power pole) are for telephones to the searchlights, secondary fire control station (B"16, B"7), WWII First Battalion Station (BN1) and serchlight controller station. The image was taken post WWII since the engine exhaust pipes have been blocked off and the mufflers are missing from the hangers. The searchlights were deactivited and scrapped post WWII. Buildings near road into Fort Casey.

Made/Created

Date made

1945 - 1950

Place

Location

Fort Casey

City

Coupeville, Washington

County

Island County

State/Province

Washington

Region

Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey Island

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: 1957 Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

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Notes

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Notes

RG 5