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Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, United States, where it empties into Elliott Bay. Built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company , it was completed in 1909 and was then the largest artificial island in the world, at 350 acres (1.4 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
The Lockheed Shipyard Operable Unit consisted of an 18-acre (73,000 m 2) shipyard facility located on the west side of Harbor Island at 2929 16th Avenue Southwest (Yard 1) and a 45-acre (180,000 m 2) shipyard on the North end of Terminal 5 at 2801 SW Florida St (Yard 2). The Lockheed Shipyard was a shipbuilding facility from the 1930s until 1988.
A 1967 water pollution study with data for 1963 refers to "Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Co., Plant No. 1", with four piers, in what appears to be a list going counterclockwise around Harbor Island. [136] The City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, February 1918, shows six piers. [95] 1945 US Navy aerial survey ...
The Seattle–Winslow (Bainbridge Island) route is the most heavily used in the state ferry system in terms of number of vehicles and passengers transported. [17] The King County Water Taxi, a passenger ferry, runs across the bay, connecting Downtown Seattle with West Seattle (Seacrest Dock) and Vashon Island. [18]
Harbor Island in Seattle (1909). Until 1938, it was the largest artificial island in the world, and is still the largest artificial island in the United States. [8] A large system of irrigation canals known as the Umatilla Project in northwestern Oregon (1906) [9] [10] The original 5-story King County courthouse in Seattle (1914) [11]
Historically, Seattle's Central Waterfront continued farther south, with a similar character. Since the mid-1960s, the area to the south has been a container port. [5] Seattle's current pier numbering scheme dates from World War II; prior to that era, for example, the present Pier 55 was Pier 4 and Pier 57 was Pier 6. [6] [7]
It was founded on the harbor of Elliott Bay, home to the Port of Seattle—in 2002, the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container traffic and the 46th busiest in the world. [2] [3] Seattle is divided in half by the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which connects Lake Washington to Puget Sound.
The City of Seattle studied the port's concerns at length and found them to be lacking in factual data or extensive studies. [77] Elliott Bay and the East Waterway of the Duwamish, seen from the Space Needle, 2014. Harbor Island at right. Container port facilities in the right half of the photo are all on Port of Seattle land.