New Life at Lake Union
The Western Mill Company begins construction on a new sawmill on Lake Union, signaling an industrial expansion for the area.
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The Western Mill Company has filed articles of Incorporation in the Auditor's office, and it has gone further than this. The company already have the piles in the water for the foundation of their mill on Lake Union, and have let the contract to Ned Guthrie to drive them, and prepare them for the structure. Within the next three months there will be two sawmills in active operation on the southern end of Lake Union instead of one. These mills will not be more than two blocks apart.
“Within the next three months there will be two sawmills in active operation on the southern end of Lake Union instead of one.”
Lake Union was the industrial heart of early Seattle, a site of massive timber processing before its transition to a hub of houseboats, boatyards, and eventually, high-tech campuses. The rapid industrialization described here marks the beginning of the lake's long history of human modification.
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