592 results for: Maritime
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ILWU members holding strike signs at Pier 20, Seattle, January 17, 1972
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) 1971 strike began on July 1, when ILWU members walked out against their employers, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The union's goal was to secure employment, wages, and benefits in the face of increased mechanization, shrinking workforce, and the slowing economic climate of the early 1970s. The strike shut down all 56 West…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.03
Date:1972
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Port queens at Port of Embarkation anniversary celebration, July 28, 1955
The Seattle Port of Embarkation marked its 13th anniversary by having an outdoor party with about 600 guests at the Port's headquarters near Pier 37. It was also the 13th anniversary of the Transportation Corps in Seattle, and Mayor Allan Pomeroy proclaimed the day as "Transportation Corps Day." Thirty-two Seafair queen candidates were introduced to the guests, and one, Helen…
ID Number:2000.107.164.29.01
Date:1955
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Colman clock tower in water, Seattle, December 21, 1936
The Colman Dock has held a prominent place on Seattle's waterfront since it was built by Scottish engineer James Colman in 1882. It was rebuilt in 1889 after the Great Seattle Fire, then expanded in 1908 to include a domed waiting room and a 72-foot clock tower. Struck by the steamship Alameda in 1912, the clock tower fell into Puget…
ID Number:2000.107.171.30.02
Date:1936
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Band playing at Fisherman's Festival, Seattle, September 19, 1937
This image was taken during a performance by the Seattle Symphonic Band at the Fisherman's Festival, held September 17-18, 1937, at the Port of Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal (then Fishermen's Dock) at Salmon Bay between the Interbay and Ballard neighborhoods. The large storage shed, visible behind the revelers, had recently been competed for fishermen to hang their nets and other gear…
ID Number:2000.107.171.31.02
Date:1937
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View of Grand Trunk dock from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
The Grand Trunk Pacific dock was a shipping pier located on the Seattle waterfront at the foot of Marion Street. The largest wooden pier on the West Coast when it opened in 1910, the dock was built atop 5,000 creosote-soaked piles, and constructed using 3,700,000 board feet of lumber. In 1914 the dock was destroyed in a deadly fire, then…
ID Number:2000.107.171.32.01
Date:Circa 1912
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Piers 62 and 63, Seattle, May 23, 1988
Built in 1901 and 1905, respectively, Pier 62 and Pier 63 (originally Pier 10, also Holden Dock, Virginia Dock, or Virginia Street Dock) join together to span nearly two acres on the Seattle waterfront. A thriving ocean terminal before World War II, by the mid-1980s the piers were in disrepair and became part of city plans to revive the central…
ID Number:2000.107.171.34.01
Date:1988
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Longshoreman spreading corn at Pier 86, Seattle, March 28, 1988
In 1970 the Port of Seattle spent millions of dollars finishing and upgrading container terminals, airport projects, and new property acquisitions to support what is a major contributor to regional economic growth. Seattle's grain exports were moved at the time to the $15 million Pier 86 Grain Facility in the Interbay neighborhood. This property replaced the Port’s Hanford Street Grain…
ID Number:2000.107.171.36.01
Date:1988
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Exterior of Pier 86 grain terminal, Seattle, January 6, 1970
In 1970 the Port of Seattle spent millions of dollars finishing and upgrading container terminals, airport projects, and new property acquisitions to support what is a major contributor to regional economic growth. Seattle's grain exports were moved at the time to the $15 million Pier 86 Grain Facility in the Interbay neighborhood. This property replaced the Port’s Hanford Street Grain…
ID Number:2000.107.171.37.01
Date:1970
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Employees operating Pier 86 grain terminal control panel, Seattle, October 28, 1970
In 1970 the Port of Seattle spent millions of dollars finishing and upgrading container terminals, airport projects, and new property acquisitions to support what is a major contributor to regional economic growth. Seattle's grain exports were moved at the time to the $15 million Pier 86 Grain Facility in the Interbay neighborhood. This property replaced the Port’s Hanford Street Grain…
ID Number:2000.107.171.37.02
Date:1970
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Spokane Street terminal, Seattle, March 22, 1927
The creation of the Port of Seattle in 1911 transformed a messy jumble of privately-owned and competing waterfront companies into a publicly owned and organized entity capable of propelling Seattle into a major center for trade. In 1915 the Port constructed the Spokane Street Terminal at Pier 24 (now Terminal 30), on the Duwamish East Waterway, in what is now…
ID Number:2000.107.171.38.01
Date:1927