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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1895 | 5 |
| 1909 | 2 |
7 stories matching rickseck
- The Ditch That Would Cut Seattle in Two
Washington's engineers begin staking the route of the government's Lake Washington canal, and condemnation suits are expected to follow on their heels.
- The Canal That Would Reshape Seattle, Held Up by Mud and Paperwork
In 1895 the government's Lake Washington ship canal was still a paper route, and every submerged lot owner had to sign away damages before a dredge could move.
- 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.
- The Senator Who Came to Bless the Canal
Illinois senator Shelby Cullom tours Seattle's proposed Lake Washington ship canal, flirts with a presidential run, and tells boosters their city needs 'a little Chicago push.'
- Defending Tacoma’s Engineering Foothold
The Chamber of Commerce rallies to stop the federal government from shifting a key engineering office to Seattle.
- A Canal to Nowhere? Engineers Dismiss the Hood Canal Cut
A proposed channel from Hood Canal to North Bay would mean moving millions of cubic feet of glacial gravel—but a federal report finds too little farmland, commerce or ore to justify it.
- The Fight to Save Tacoma’s U.S. Engineer Office
Tacoma boosters scramble to keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers branch office from moving to Seattle.