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8 stories matching drawbridg

  1. Aberdeen’s New Gateway Across the Wishkah

    Construction begins on a crucial Howe truss drawbridge to link Heron and Front Streets, signaling rapid urban growth.

    Mar 26, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Dredgers Are Coming: Seattle's Canal Project Finally Starts Moving

    After 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.

    May 19, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  3. The State Draws a Line Along Seattle’s Waterfront

    In 1896, Olympia fixed the harbor boundary from West Seattle to Meadow Point, mapped new Duwamish and Salmon Bay waterways, and cleared the way to sell tide lands.

    Jul 12, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

  4. The Ghost of Olympia

    A missing weather official, presumed drowned for months, returns home to find his wife has already collected on his life insurance policy.

    Apr 25, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyTrue Crime

  5. The Waterfront Cold War: Seattle’s Battle Over the Tideflats

    As railroad companies choked off the tideflats with unpermitted pilings, local manufacturers fought to keep their water access open in a clash between industrial expansion and small business survival.

    Jun 17, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

  6. Laborers Arrested for Risky Commute Over Tacoma Drawbridge

    Workers rushing to the tide flats mills are detained for ignoring city ordinances while crossing a moving bridge.

    Feb 3, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  7. Snohomish, 1898: A Ferry Claim Becomes a Booster's Dream City

    A promotional tour of the inland Puget Sound town traces its founding by I.C. Ferguson, its lumber and fishing wages, and the railroad that turned a river landing into a self-described city of homes.

    Apr 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSnohomish, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

  8. The Iron Road Approaches Aberdeen

    A progress report on the Northern Pacific railway construction as the long-awaited line inches toward the city.

    May 28, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust

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  1. Gambling in the Stag Saloon

    A municipal judge rules that draw poker is punishable as a misdemeanor under city ordinance.

    Mar 3, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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