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4 stories matching bulkhead

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:bulk, bulki, blockhead, behead, bullheaded

  1. The Never-Ending Repairs of Front Street

    A skeptical editorial questions the city's approach to maintaining the crumbling bulkheads and sidewalks of the waterfront.

    Feb 3, 1883Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1st Avenue, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Great Smuggled Salmon Caper

    When federal agents boarded the steamer Idaho, they didn't just find barrels of fish—they found a desperate, high-stakes attempt to smuggle opium into the Pacific Northwest.

    Apr 16, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Sliding Main Street Hillside

    A recently completed street project on Main Street is already being reclaimed by the earth as the steep, clay-rich hillside slides into town.

    Dec 4, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · Disasters

  4. Connecting the Lakes: Seattle's 1886 Tunnel Project

    A new industrial contract promises to link Lake Union and Lake Washington, forever altering the local landscape to facilitate the region's burgeoning timber industry.

    Feb 4, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerMontlake Cut, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

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