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Lake Union Dry Dock


  • Address: 1515 Fairview Ave E
  • Vicinity: Lake Union
  • Type: Dock
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1919/00/00 Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works Established Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works is established by Otis Cutting, John L McLean (1871-1942) and Harry B Jones. It is the first substantial boatyard on Lake Union after completion of Ballard Locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
1929/00/00 Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works History By 1929, the Union Dry Dock Company, the largest of the early boat builders, has five dry docks, including one that can lift up to 3,500 tons.
2009/03/04 Lake Union Drydock and Machine Works Ship Breakers The schooner WAWONA is towed from its South Lake Union berth a quarter-mile to Lake Union Drydock, where it will be dismantled. "It was a sad thing, yet I'm so grateful for all the marine archaeology work that has been done on that ship," Kay Bullitt Wawona

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Particulars for Lake Union Dry Dock:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Structure Type Dock
Motif Nautical
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related




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