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| Year | Stories |
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| 1892 | 1 |
| 1893 | 2 |
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| 1895 | 4 |
8 stories matching whaleback
- The Steel Leviathan of Everett
A revolutionary whaleback steamer, built in the Evergreen State, promises to transform maritime freight with its unique design.
- The Whaleback That Made Puget Sound Look Impossible
Seattle crowds toured the strange, cigar-shaped City of Everett before it steamed out with nearly 4,000 tons of coal—the largest shipment yet from the Oregon Improvement Company’s bunkers.
- The Strike for a Messboy
When the crew of the whaleback steamer 'Wetmore' demanded a messboy to clean their quarters, the captain faced a labor standoff that revealed the grim realities of maritime life in the 1890s.
- Seattle Turns Out for the Whaleback
A strange steel steamer built in Everett glides into Seattle, drawing crowds, whistles, and one skeptical old skipper.
- The Legislature Tours Everett’s Industrial Dream
Lawmakers arrive in force to inspect the smelters, mills, and barge works of a city banking on being the 'New York of the Sound.'
- The Great Industrial Tug-of-War
As Everett grows, local boosters grapple with the aggressive strategies of Henry Hewitt, Jr., who is actively courting Tacoma's mills with bonus offers.
- Everett Takes Stock: Mills, Smelters and a Whaleback
The 1894 annual review counts payrolls, ore, lumber and shingles—and a new steel steamer—as proof that the young Snohomish County city is on the rise.
- Rockefeller's Land Company Comes to Town—and Everett Smells a Deal
A packed council chamber hears that John D. Rockefeller now controls the Everett Land Company, that the mills may run full, and that the county seat fight is on.