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Coeur D'Alene municipal yacht basin Item Info
![Photo text: 'Coeur d'Alene's municipal yacht basin - one of the few such city-owned facilities in the west. Undertaken as a WPA project the yacht basin has an initial unit of 60 moorage slips. An attendant is on duty 24 hours daily. A modern boat lift or hoist, with electric motor, boom and canvas belting slings, permits pf raising or lowering a boat to [the lake] in a few minutes. There is enough additional room in the yacht basin, behind the breakwater, for another 350 to 400 boats. Project cost WPA $8,040 and sponsors $3,640.' Note: This image is part of a Work Progress Administration publicity series.](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/archivalidaho/archivalidaho748.jpg)
- Title:
- Coeur D'Alene municipal yacht basin
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1940
- Description:
- Photo text: 'Coeur d'Alene's municipal yacht basin - one of the few such city-owned facilities in the west. Undertaken as a WPA project the yacht basin has an initial unit of 60 moorage slips. An attendant is on duty 24 hours daily. A modern boat lift or hoist, with electric motor, boom and canvas belting slings, permits pf raising or lowering a boat to [the lake] in a few minutes. There is enough additional room in the yacht basin, behind the breakwater, for another 350 to 400 boats. Project cost WPA $8,040 and sponsors $3,640.' Note: This image is part of a Work Progress Administration publicity series.
- Subjects:
- Works Progress Administration WPA buildings towns cities lakes boats
- Location:
- Coeur D'Alene;Idaho;United States
- Latitude:
- 47.671774
- Longitude:
- -116.785659
- Source:
- NARA College Park; Still Photo Branch; RG 69 WPA; Series NS Publicity
- Source Identifier:
- NARA16DC165
- Type:
- image;stillimage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Coeur D'Alene municipal yacht basin", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho748.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Material determined to be in Public Domain based on date of publication. Material made available by the University of Idaho Library. For more information; please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/