File:First trip of Seattle Coal Company railroad, December 1871 - DPLA - 6eaf77f828c4cc8983aac0a6150c3b27.jpg

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First trip of Seattle Coal Company railroad, December 1871 (

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First trip of Seattle Coal Company railroad, December 1871

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Transcribed from front of photograph: "Seattle Transportation. First train coming in from Lake Union on Seattle's first railroad. Dec. 28, 1871. South end of Lake Union. Tracks followed what is now Westlake Ave." Transcribed from back of photograph: “Seattle's FIRST railroad, operated by the Seattle Coal Co., hauled coal from the south end of Lake Union to coal bunkers at the foot of Pike street; closed down when the first train service was established to Renton in 1877.

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Taken in December 1871

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Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 6eaf77f828c4cc8983aac0a6150c3b27
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_22855

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