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English: Listing of Seattle Wharves as given in the 1899 Polk's Seattle City Directory.

The 1899 Polk's directory (p. 91) lists the following "Wharves and Docks"; wording and capitalization is verbatim, except bullets and square-bracketed comments not in original:

  • Arlington Wharf, foot University.
  • Ainsworth & Dunn's, foot of Pike.
  • Bell's, foot Bay (North Seattle).
  • Caine's Wharf, foot University.
  • Central Wharf, foot Washington.
  • City Fire Slip, foot Madison.
  • City Landing, foot Madison.
  • City Slip, foot Washington.
  • City Wharf, foot Main.
  • Coffman's, foot Broad.
  • Colman, foot Marion.
  • Columbia Dock, bet Columbia and Marion.
  • Commercial, foot Marion.
  • Dry Dock, foot Charles.
  • Galbraith Dock, foot Washington.
  • Great Northern Ry Ocean Dock, Smith's Cove.
  • Hall's, foot Vine.
  • Hopkin's Wharf, foot Seneca.
  • Johnson's Wharf, Elliott av., foot Prospect.
  • Leary's, bet Pike and Pine.
  • Lilly & Bogardus, foot Main.
  • McNaugnt's [sic, presumably McNaught's], bet Virginia and Stewart.
  • Madison Street, foot Madison.
  • Manning's, foot Wall.
  • Ocean Dock, foot Washington.
  • Ocean Dock, S[eattle] & I[nternational] Ry, Smith's Cove.
  • Ocean Dock, G[reat] N[orthern] Ry, Smith's Cove.
  • Pacific Coast Co's Dock, foot Main.
  • Puget Sound Mill Co., foot Spring.
  • Renton, bet Pike and Pine.
  • Schwabacher Bros, foot Union.
  • Seattle Coal & Iron Co's Dock and Coal Bunkers, foot Madison.
  • Seattle & International Ry Co., foot Clay.
  • Sheafe's, foot Thomas.
  • Smith's, foot Pike.
  • Squire's, bet Battery and Wall.
  • Stetson-Post, foot King.
  • Stimson Mill Co's, foot John.
  • West Seattle Ferry, foot Marion.
  • Whitford's, foot Bay (N Seattle).
  • White Star Dock, foot Spring.
  • Yesler Wharf, foot Yesler way.
Some of these wharves may have been under construction at the time: for example, the short-lived White Star Dock definitely opened in 1900, not 1899.
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Source Polk's Seattle City Directory, 1899.
Author Polk City Directories
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