Fremont Milling Company
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- Apr 16, 1892The Great Timber Rush: Seattle's Lumber Boom of 1892A record-breaking export season for Puget Sound mills reveals the friction between burgeoning local production and the crippling cost of rail freight.Seattle, WA
- Nov 18, 1892A Night Scuffle at the Fremont Milling CompanyA machinist was caught red-handed by a vigilant watchman while attempting to loot the mill of its industrial steel.Fremont, Seattle, WA
- Dec 20, 1892Resuscitated from the Lake Union DepthsA milling company worker narrowly survives a terrifying drowning incident after a log turns under him in the freezing waters.Lake Union, Seattle, WA
- Aug 21, 1893The Battle for Lake Union's WatersAs water levels drop, the rivalry between two companies turns into a legal and physical brawl over the future of the Lake Union outlet.Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1894The Dam That Shut Down BallardFremont millers raised a timber barrier at Lake Union’s outlet. When Ballard’s mills lost their water, the fight went to court—after some talked of tearing it out by hand.Seattle, WA
- Sep 15, 1894The Odd Fellows' Missing $144.15: A Treasurer's Fall From GraceHenry A. Swift, a Fremont mill worker and lodge treasurer, is charged with embezzling $144.15 after a shutdown left his family in need.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895Seattle's Audacious Bid for a Fresh-Water HarborIn 1890, boosters promised that a ship canal from Lake Washington to Puget Sound would cut docking costs, defeat wood-boring teredo worms, and hand Seattle the world's cheapest harbor.Seattle, WA
- Apr 2, 1895A Cold Night at City HallSeattle's council confirms a fire commissioner, stalls a plumbing nominee accused of theft, and warns unemployed workers to stay away.City Hall, Seattle, WA