Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company
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- Jan 8, 1895The Dirt Will Fly: Seattle's Tide Flats Get a Date With the DredgeA company backed by Eastern money says filling the Duwamish tide flats and excavating the waterway will begin within six weeks—if the canal right-of-way can be secured.Seattle, WA
- Jan 23, 1895The Canal That Would Invent South SeattleAt meetings in Georgetown and River Park, property owners pledged land, cash, and labor to a waterway scheme they promised would drain the Duwamish and turn tide flats into gold.Seattle, WA
- Feb 3, 1895The $3 Million Scheme to Turn Seattle's Tide Flats into Dry LandA private company plans to dredge the Duwamish and fill Elliott Bay's mudflats — paid not in cash but in land and liens — while St. Louis money waits to see the ground before it bets.Seattle, WA
- Feb 13, 1895The St. Louis Capitalists Have ArrivedA delegation from the Mississippi Valley Trust Company visited Seattle to inspect the proposed Lake Washington Waterway, signaling the start of major harbor improvements.Seattle, WA
- Feb 19, 1895The First Paper Step Toward a Lake Washington Ship CanalA water-right filing begins the long bureaucratic march toward the canal that would eventually link Lake Washington to Puget Sound.Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
- Mar 21, 1895The $7 Million Gamble to Dig Seattle’s CanalSt. Louis capitalists arrive with plans for the Lake Washington canal and tide-flat fill, promising a transformed city—if Seattle secures the rights-of-way.Seattle, WA
- Mar 24, 1895St. Louis Money Was Ready—If Seattle Guaranteed the CanalIn 1895, a citizens' committee moved to raise a public subsidy for locks, bridges and right-of-way so a $7 million tide-flat and canal scheme could begin.Seattle, WA
- Mar 30, 1895Seattle Tries to Buy Its Own CanalBoosters fan out to raise a $300,000 subsidy for the Lake Washington canal and tide-flat fill, promising work to Seattle men and asking every resident to become a committee of one.Seattle, WA
- Apr 7, 1895Seattle Goes Door to Door to Dig Its CanalVolunteers bank nearly $28,000 in a single day, pushing the $800,000 Lake Washington Waterway fund close to its goal — with everyone from banks to hardware clerks chipping in.Seattle, WA
- Apr 14, 1895A Canal, a Land Subsidy, and a Former Governor’s CheckSeattle’s push to dig the Lake Washington canal got a $1,000 pledge from ex-Gov. Ferry and an offer of 160 acres near Bothell from a landowner betting on the ship canal.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1895The Canal Fund Passes $413,000, With a Priest’s $100 and a Boost From the SchwabachersSeattle’s campaign to subsidize the Lake Washington canal turned to churches, banks, and family firms as the subscription total climbed.Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
- Apr 20, 1895Seattle’s Tide-Flats Canal Clears the CourtThe state Supreme Court upholds the Seattle Lake Washington Waterway Company’s contracts, leaving only a $500,000 subsidy before dredging begins.Seattle, WA
- Apr 28, 1895The Canal Fund Was Almost Full—and St. Louis Was WaitingSeattle waterway boosters needed $50,000 to start contract No. 3. With a deadline looming, Eugene Semple promised the money in three or four days.Armory, Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1895The Dredge That Would Carve Seattle's Ship CanalIn 1895, Eugene Semple's Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company signed the largest dredging contract ever awarded in America — 35 million cubic yards of tide-flat muck, at 18 cents a yard, to cut a canal from Puget Sound to Lake Washington.Seattle, WA