In 1911, brothers O. D. Fisher and O. W. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. In 2001, Fisher sold the mill to Pendleton Flour Mills, which closed the mill in 2002 and sold the property to King County the following year.
This image of the Fisher Flouring Mill's grain silos and property on Harbor Island was taken facing north east, looking over the West Waterway of the Duwamish River. The logs at the bottom of the frame belong to the West Waterway Lumber Company, located on the eastern shore of West Seattle.
Handwritten on sleeve: Fisher Mill. Webster & Stevens number: 55448.
Caption information source: "Fisher Flouring Mills officially opens on Harbor Island in Elliott Bay on June 1, 1911," by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3927.
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
