The Pioneer Wagon Shop of Old Seattle
A look at the essential craftsmanship that kept the streets of 1870s Seattle moving.
The story, cleaned up
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Pioneer Wagon Shop. Blacksmithing and Wagon Shop, Second Street, between Washington and Main. Carriages and wagons built to order, and the best of material is always used in manufacturing. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Horse shoeing and Axle setting. All sorts of iron work done to order. Orders solicited. J.W. Hunt, Proprietor.
“All kinds of repairing done on short notice.”
In 1876, the Pioneer Wagon Shop occupied the space between Washington and Main on Second Street—the literal engine room of a developing city. Today, that corridor sits in the heart of Pioneer Square, where the blacksmiths and wagon-makers have been replaced by tech offices and coffee roasters, yet the fundamental role of that intersection as a hub for 'keeping the city running' remains unchanged.
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