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The north side of Pier 55 was formerly the downtown terminus of the Elliott Bay Water Taxi (now the King County Water Taxi) to West Seattle before the dock was moved to Pier 50. [52] Between Piers 55 and 56, and utilizing parts of both piers as of 2008, Argosy Cruises moor the tour boats Royal Argosy , Spirit of Seattle , Lady Mary , Goodtime ...
The original pier is no longer in existence, but the terminal, now used by the Washington State Ferries system, is still called "Colman Dock". The terminal serves two routes to Bainbridge Island and Bremerton and has an adjacent passenger-only facility at Pier 50 for King County Water Taxi and Kitsap Fast Ferries routes.
The ferry district took over operation of the West Seattle/Downtown Seattle route from King County on April 27, 2008. [12] King County Water Taxi at Seattle's Pier 50 in 2010. In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [13]
It was the largest pier in the world until the construction of Pier B, later Pier 41 and (since 1944) Pier 91, 50 feet (15 m) longer. [ 24 ] Stagnation in the 1920s and 1930s
This 1909 map of Seattle shows many neighborhood names that remain in common use today—for example, Ballard, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, and Beacon Hill—but also many that have fallen out of use—for example, "Ross" and "Edgewater" on either side of Fremont, "Brooklyn" for today's University District, and "Renton Hill" near the confluence of Capitol Hill, First ...
Discovery Park, W Viewmont Way, Central Magnolia, 34th Ave W, 28th Ave W, Smith Cove Cruise Terminal (Pier 91), Seattle Center, Belltown Downtown Seattle 124 Schedule Map: 27 Conventional Yes Yes Yes No Downtown Seattle First Hill, Central District, E Yesler Way, Leschi Park Colman Park 33 (morning, nights and Sunday) Schedule Map: 28 Express
A 1918 Port of Seattle map shows three narrow, unnamed piers between the Municipal Bathing Beach (Alki Beach) and Duwamish Head, as well as several others around Alki Point facing onto Puget Sound, outside Elliott Bay. [11] One such pier is visible in the distance in the third photo of a Seattle Now & Then article by Paul Dorpat and Jean ...
The Census Bureau adopted metropolitan districts in the 1910 census to create a standard definition for urban areas with industrial activity around a central city. [11] At the time, Seattle had the 22nd largest metropolitan district population at 239,269 people, a 195.8 percent increase from the population of the equivalent area in the 1900 census. [12]