Pier 2, Seattle

Pier 2, Seattle

A crowd at Pier 2.
Type Shipping pier and warehouse
Locale Seattle, Washington
Owner Northern Pacific Railway
Total length 770 ft (234.7 m)
Width 120 ft (36.6 m)

Pier 2 in Seattle, Washington was an important shipping terminal.

Location

Pier 2 was located at the foot of Yesler Way. Pier 2 was immediately to the north of Pier 1 and immediately to the south of Colman Dock.[1]

History

In 1904, La Conner Trading, by then a subsidiary of the Puget Sound Navigation Company, was operating jointly with businessman H.B. Kennedy as the Navy Yard Route on the Seattle – Bremerton run. Disposing of three vessels, including the Inland Flyer, Athlon, and the sternwheeler Port Orchard, the Navy Yard route ran six sailings a day from Pier 2 to and from Bremerton, Washington.[2]

In 1917, like Pier 1, Pier 2 was owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, although in the case of Pier 2 it was operated by the Alaska Steamship Company. Pier 2 measured 770 by 120 feet, with 1,400 feet of berthing space. Pier 2 had a warehouse measuring 750 by 100 feet, with a cargo capacity of 17,000 tons. Track capacity at Pier 2 was 18 rail cars. Like Pier 1, Pier 2 had adjustable slips. In 1917 Pier 2 had an electric crane, with a capacity 25 tons.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Beaton, Welford, ed. Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography (1917), at pages 27 to 37. (accessed 06-09-11)
  2. Newell, ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 32, 67, 76, 87, 100, 110, 145, 175, 268, and 270.

References

Coordinates: 47°36′06″N 122°20′12″W / 47.60167°N 122.33667°W / 47.60167; -122.33667

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