File:Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, ca 1925 (MOHAI 6010).jpg

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English: Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, ca. 1925   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, ca. 1925
Description
English: Starting in the late 19th century, trade with Asia grew to be an important part of Seattle's economy. By the 1920s the waterfront was crowded with piers, railroad tracks, and warehouses. A roadway had been built to keep the increasing car traffic away from the busy railroad tracks.

This photo, taken in the 1920s near the Canadian Pacific dock, shows two large ships, roads, warehouses, and railroad tracks.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Piers & wharves

Previously identified as Lenora Street Dock, later (from 1944) Pier 64, but that seems to be wrong. This looks a lot more likely to be Bell Street Wharf, later Pier 66. Compare File:Central Pier 1, Seattle, 1914.jpg (thumbnailed here), which is definitely Bell Street Wharf under construction.

Dock to the left says "W.F. Jahn Co." That was then Pier 11-B (File:Seattle - Railroad Avenue, 1925 (39714172783).jpg at right for comparison), believed to be the Lenora Street Dock, later Pier 65.
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1925
date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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