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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1885 | 1 |
1 story matching roadwork
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:roadway, road, rork, rockwork, roadb, roark
- The Tragic End of a Seattle Roadwork Accident
A laborer was severely injured when a massive boulder crushed him during excavations at Van Duzen’s Addition.
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- 'Only Another Name for a Sort of Annual Picnic': Washington's Road-Tax Fight
A good-roads convention hears that farmers resent paying their road tax in cash instead of working it out, that the money vanishes into 'graft or rake-off,' and that Spokane County's section-line roads were laid out so badly they must be rebuilt from scratch.
- Convicts to Pave the Way?
Walla Walla's Commercial Club debates a new state law to employ penitentiary inmates in road construction.
- The Art of Keeping Kennewick’s Roads Smooth
A government highway engineer explains why the secret to durable rural roads isn't just construction, but the constant, rhythmic use of the 'road drag.'
- The Iron Road Approaches Aberdeen
A progress report on the Northern Pacific railway construction as the long-awaited line inches toward the city.
- Eight Hundred Men, a Tunnel, and a Bridge
The I.W.N. extension put hundreds of laborers to work on grades, bridges and the Blueslide tunnel—while a bridge contractor was hurt by a falling timber.
- The Road That Was Supposed to Build the Puget Sound Country
A canvasser reports that Seattle merchants back a permanent state road to Tacoma, promising winter travel, jobs for working men and a rush of small-holding settlement.
- The Struggle for Better Roads in 1870s King County
Frustrated residents call for a centralized superintendent to replace the inefficient and disjointed road-building system of the Washington Territory.
- The Struggle for a Passable Road
A survey of the Humptulips road reveals treacherous conditions, sparking a debate over the best way to connect the county.