Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company
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- Jul 15, 1894The Judge Who Warned Seattle Not to Sell Its Waterfront to a Canal CompanyIn 1894, Judge John J. McGilvra urged Congress to build the Lake Washington Ship Canal and warned that a private company's tideflat scheme would put tolls on the water and enrich speculators at public expense.Seattle, WA
- Jan 7, 1895A Million Dollars Secured for the Lake Washington CanalDavid E. Durie returns from the East with financing for the tide flats waterway and ship canal, contingent on right-of-way and lock guarantees.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jan 14, 1895The Canal That Would Reshape SeattleA federal engineer brings word that St. Louis money is in place for a Lake Washington ship canal, with locks, dredges, and jobs promised within four years.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Feb 8, 1895St. Louis Capitalists Arrive to Bankroll Seattle's WaterfrontA delegation of wealthy Missouri investors arrives in Seattle to inspect the proposed South Lake Washington canal and tide flat reclamation projects.South Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
- Mar 29, 1895Seattle's $100,000 Night: The Armory Meeting That Sold the Ship CanalBoosters packed the Armory in 1895 and pledged a fortune for locks and bridges on a Lake Washington canal—payable only after a ship made the passage from Elliott Bay.Armory, Seattle, WA
- Mar 29, 1895Seattle Citizens Rally to Fund the Lake Washington Ship CanalA packed meeting at the Armory raises thousands in pledges for the waterway that would connect Elliott Bay to Lake Washington.Seattle Armory, Seattle, WA
- Apr 5, 1895Seattle's Canal GambleBoosters asked Seattleites to pledge a weekly sum to bring the Lake Washington ship canal—and the jobs and ships they believed would follow.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Apr 20, 1895The Canal Fund Creeps Toward Its GoalSeattle’s Lake Washington waterway subsidy inches upward as a Northern Pacific Railroad lawyer promises Eastern capital will do its part.Seattle, WA
- Apr 21, 1895Seattle's Canal Boosters Passed the Hat—and the City's Elite Wrote ChecksA subscription drive for the Lake Washington waterway reported $9,305 in a day, with $1,000 gifts from Haller and the Cards and $500 from Minnie Yesler and Judge Hoyt.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- May 3, 1895Seattle’s Half-Million-Dollar Canal Fund Ran Short—and the Committee Wanted Locals to Finish ItBoosters behind the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway had raised nearly $500,000 in citizens’ subscriptions. With outside money slow to arrive, the committee urged Seattleites to double their pledges and close the tide-flat canal fund by Saturday.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
- May 20, 1895The Machine That Would Make Land: Dredging of the Tide Flats BeginsSurveyors break ground this morning on the bulkhead along Railroad Avenue, the first step in the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company's scheme to fill the tide flats and carve an east waterway.Seattle, WA
- May 28, 1895The Dredgers Were Coming: Seattle Builds Its Tide FlatsEngineers surveyed bulkheads, plotted fill, and prepared to bring two big dredgers to the Duwamish tide flats—while speculators rushed applications to buy the new land.Seattle, WA
- Jun 24, 1895A Citizen Asks: Is the Government Canal Being Sidetracked?A letter to the editor warns that the private company filling Seattle's tide flats may be quietly killing the Lake Union–Salmon Bay canal — and notes the government engineer is on that company's payroll.Seattle, WA