Eugene Ricksecker
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- Sep 16, 1894The Canal Came With a Catch: Seattle Had to Secure the LandCongress had finally committed to a Lake Washington ship canal, but the money came with a condition: Seattle had to secure a free right-of-way from property owners. In 1894, civic leaders began the campaign that would decide whether the project moved forward.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1895The Canal That Would Reshape Seattle, Held Up by Mud and PaperworkIn 1895 the government's Lake Washington ship canal was still a paper route, and every submerged lot owner had to sign away damages before a dredge could move.Seattle, WA
- Mar 14, 1895The Ditch That Would Cut Seattle in TwoWashington's engineers begin staking the route of the government's Lake Washington canal, and condemnation suits are expected to follow on their heels.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1895The Senator Who Came to Bless the CanalIllinois senator Shelby Cullom tours Seattle's proposed Lake Washington ship canal, flirts with a presidential run, and tells boosters their city needs 'a little Chicago push.'Seattle, WA
- May 19, 1895The Dredgers Are Coming: Seattle's Canal Project Finally Starts MovingAfter years of financing delays, engineers promised to begin bulkheads and surveys on the south canal—and to haul giant hydraulic dredgers north to reshape the tide flats.Seattle, WA