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Image of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 7, November 1904
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 7, November 1904

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.11.8
Date:1904
Image of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 8, November 1904
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 8, November 1904

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.11.9
Date:1904
Image of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 9, November 1904
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 9, November 1904

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.11.10
Date:1904
Image of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 10, November 1904
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 10, November 1904

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.11.11
Date:1904
Image of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 11, circa 1905
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 11, circa 1905

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.11.12
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Latona Addition to the City of Seattle, October 28, 1889
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Latona Addition to the City of Seattle, October 28, 1889

George Morris "Morris" Haller (1852-1889) was born in Pennsylvania to U.S. Army Colonel Granville Owen Haller (1819-1897), and his wife, Henrietta Maria (Cox) Haller (1824-1910). The family moved frequently around the country during Granville's military service, and upon his retirement in 1882, they moved to Seattle permanently. Morris studied law in Seattle and became a successful attorney and real estate…
ID Number:2019.3.48
Date:1889
Image of Map of Lake Washington Canal Entrance and Profile of Lake Washington Canal, Seattle, circa 1911
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Map of Lake Washington Canal Entrance and Profile of Lake Washington Canal, Seattle, circa 1911

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.49
Date:Circa 1911
Image of North Canal section drawings, Seattle, circa 1911
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North Canal section drawings, Seattle, circa 1911

Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.50
Date:Circa 1911
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Oral history interview with Anthony (Tony) Faslow and David Green, January 15, 2009

Interview with Anthony (Tony) Faslow and David Green of the Lake Union Drydock Company conducted by Marsha King on January 15, 2009 for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project. Union lead painter Tony Faslow began at the Lake Union Drydock in October 1988 and electrical foreman David Green started at the company in February 1979. In the first part…
ID Number:2019.35.1.22
Date:2009
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Oral history interview with James (Jim) Francis, November 24, 2008

Interview with James (Jim) Francis, the VP of Finance for the Lake Union Drydock Company, conducted by Marcia King for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on November 24, 2008. The Lake Union Drydock is a full service shipyard specializing in ship repair and conversions on West Coast boats over 100 feet.
ID Number:2019.35.1.24
Date:2008
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