Colonel Thomas Ewing, the major developer of West Seattle, foresaw a great industrial center on the peninsula. In 1890, Ewing built a grain elevator and hailed it as the key to Seattle's future as a worldwide grain exporter. Ewing convinced the Northern Pacific Railroad to build a trestle across the tide flats to reach his grain elevator. The railroad carried grain to Seattle from eastern Washington and the Great Plains. This photo shows Thomas Ewing's West Seattle grain elevator and the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks which brought the grain to the elevator. A sailing ship is being loaded with grain at the elevator.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 4.25 x 7.5
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.
