New Cedar Mill Set for Waterfront
A sawmill at the Seattle Dock Company site is being converted to handle shingle production, with new rail access planned along Charles Street.
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Another shingle mill is to be established here. Albert L. Kerry has leased the Seattle Dock Company's sawmill and will at once begin the erection of a shingle mill and two dry houses to be operated in connection with it. Mr. Kerry was manager for the Hart Lumber Company, which operated the mill for the past three years but gave it up December 1. He proposes to saw cedar lumber principally, to be shipped East and sold to the local trade as well. The clear logs will be cut into lumber, siding, ceiling, etc., and the other into shingles. The Northern Pacific Company has agreed to put another rail alongside the Columbia & Puget Sound narrow-gauge track out along Charles Street, so cars can be run right out to the mill to be loaded.
“He proposes to saw cedar lumber principally, to be shipped East and sold to the local trade as well.”
This 1893 expansion highlights the industrial roots of Seattle's Industrial District (SoDo), where rail and maritime infrastructure defined the economy. The reliance on cedar milling mirrors the city's historical evolution from a timber-based economy to its current role as a logistics and corporate hub.
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