593 results for: Maritime
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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
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James Guilmet selling fish at Fishermen's Terminal, Seattle, January 30, 1992
In this image James Guilmet passes change back to a customer while another customer writes a check for her order. Guilmet and his wife Marilyn sold fish from their boat, the Faith, at their tie-up at Fishermen's Terminal, on Salmon Bay between the Interbay and Ballard neighborhoods. The Port of Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal has been the home of the Pacific…
ID Number:2000.107.172.35.01
Date:1992
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Land-based dispatchers calling tug boat captain, Seattle, June 11, 1949
Begun in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857-1927) in Tacoma, Washington, the Foss Launch and Tug Company (now Foss Maritime) has grown into the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast. The company has been owned since 1987 by Saltchuk Resources Inc., and is now based in Seattle.In this image Foss Co. Dispatcher Walt Hedwall, seated, and Assistant Manager…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.01
Date:1949
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Tug boat captain talking to land-based dispatchers, Seattle, June 11, 1949
Begun in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857-1927) in Tacoma, Washington, the Foss Launch and Tug Company (now Foss Maritime) has grown into the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast. The company has been owned since 1987 by Saltchuk Resources Inc., and is now based in Seattle.In this image Foss Co. tug Captain Noel Davis, aboard the tug…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.02
Date:1949
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Aerial view of Foreign Trade Zone, Seattle, September 21, 1949
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) are duty-free, quota-free, secured areas in a designated customs “port of entry,” considered outside U. S. Customs territory and exempt from customs tariffs. The FTZ program was established in 1934 to stimulate economic growth and development in the United States by lowering the cost of international trade.This image shows two ships docked at Seattle's FTZ: the French…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.03
Date:1949
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Marjorie Lothrop reading on houseboat docked on Lake Union, Seattle, July 16, 1952
The unique floating homes of Seattle got their start almost simultaneously with the development of the city itself. Seattle's first industries were logging and fishing, both seasonal enterprises, and it became common for loggers and sailors to build themselves floating shacks from scrap boards during their off seasons. As the trend spread, houseboats were built as permanent homes for families…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.01
Date:1952
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Surfside 9 listing on Lake Union, Seattle, July 23, 1966
Seattle's floating restaurant Surfside 9 opened about 1960 on a converted ferry originally built in 1900 as the steamer City of Everett, a member of Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet. Docked at the south end of Lake Union from about 1950, the restaurant was initially known as the Four Winds, famous as the headquarters of the Seafair Pirates. This image of…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.03
Date:1966
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Dick Wagner at the Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, June 2, 1988
The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is a museum dedicated to preserving and documenting the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest. CWB was founded by Dick Wagner in Seattle in the 1970s and has grown to include three sites; the South Lake Union campus in Lake Union Park, the Northlake Workshop & Warehouse at the North end of Lake Union,…
ID Number:2000.107.221.07.01
Date:1988
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Service men lined up on training ships, Seattle, 1918
In 1918 the U. S. government chartered the steamships Chippewa and Iroquois for service in World War I as school ships to be based at the Seattle Yacht Club buildings (recently purchased by the U. S. government) in West Seattle. William Jacob Grambs (1862-1943), previously an engineer at the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, was appointed supervisor of…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.07
Date:1918
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Servicemen posing at naval training station, West Seattle, circa 1919
In 1918, the U. S. government chartered the steamships Chippewa and Iroquois for service in World War I as school ships to be based at the Seattle Yacht Club buildings in West Seattle. The yacht club had recently been purchased by the U. S. government for $3,000. William Jacob Grambs (1862-1943), previously an engineer at the Puget Sound Traction, Light…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.09
Date:Circa 1919