D. Thomas Denny
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- Mar 7, 1893The Streetcar Combine That Built North SeattleD. T. Denny and his sons bought control of the Consolidated Street Railway, merged it with the Third Street electric line, and set their sights on every route north of downtown.Lake Union, Seattle, WA
- Mar 31, 1893The Consolidation of Seattle's TransitThe Denny syndicate secures a near-monopoly over the city's North-South cable car lines.Seattle, WA
- Mar 31, 1893The Dennys Consolidate Seattle's Transit MonopolyBy acquiring the Front Street cable lines, the Denny family gains control of the city’s major streetcar systems, shifting the north-end transit future toward electric power.Second Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 24, 1895The First Wedding in Seattle, Celebrated Forty-Two Years LaterDavid and Louisa Denny gather four generations of pioneers at their Temperance Street home, where relics of the 1850s—and the certificate from Seattle’s first marriage—turn an anniversary into a founding story.Seattle, WA
- Jan 27, 1895A Receivership Sale Rewires Seattle's Street RailwayBondholders sign a deal to merge the troubled Rainier Power and Railway Co. into a new Third Street Suburban Railway Company, with the Denny family’s claims still shaping the terms.Seattle, WA