Commercial Mill
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- Aug 3, 1886The Seattle Baker Who Stopped a Midnight InfernoA quick-thinking baker at the Queen City Bakery spotted smoke rising from the Denny Block, narrowly averting a major downtown catastrophe.Seattle, WA
- Dec 18, 1887The Ghost Ship of Seattle’s WaterfrontA derelict bark ship, once a billboard for local businesses, is buried in sawdust and slabs to become the foundation of a new shoreline.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 12, 1888The 'Oscar and Hattie' Proves a Bounty of FishA schooner returns from Alaska, signaling the dawn of a new independent fishing industry in Puget Sound.Seattle, WA
- Jun 5, 1889The City That Stopped Cutting: Why Seattle's Mills Shut DownWhen an oversupply of lumber and a city-wide shift toward brick construction forced the city's mills into an unexpected, collective silence.Lake Union, Seattle, WA