Lake Union Dry Dock
- Address: 1515 Fairview Ave E
- Vicinity: Lake Union
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1919/00/00 | Otis Cutting | Founder | Lake Union Dry Dock Company opens. It is the first substantial boatyard on the lake after completion of the ship canal. Its founders are Otis Cutting, John L McLean (1871-1942) and Harry B. Jones (1888-1968). | |||
1929/00/00 | by 1929, 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 | 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 |
Particulars for Lake Union Dry Dock: | |
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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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