Seattle Lake Washington Waterway Company
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- Jan 10, 1895The $5.5 Million Bet That Would Reshape Seattle's WaterfrontSt. Louis investors sign on to fill the tide flats and dig a canal linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound, betting Seattle will become the Pacific coast's leading city.Seattle, WA
- Feb 6, 1895Seattle's Tide-Flat Canal Waits on St. Louis MoneyAn Army engineer says dredges could be at work by March, but only if St. Louis capitalists approve the plan to fill the tide flats and cut the Lake Washington waterway.Seattle, WA
- Feb 9, 1895The Grand Plan to Reshape SeattleA St. Louis investment group arrives to back Eugene Semple’s ambitious vision of a ship canal and the filling of the tide flats.Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA
- Apr 11, 1895Seattle Buys Its Future, One Subscription at a TimeBoosters raised nearly $340,000 in thirteen days to subsidize the Lake Washington waterway and tide-land improvements, as the company filed contracts covering Seattle harbor.Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA