 Pier 1 circa 1915 | |
| Type | Shipping pier and warehouse |
|---|---|
| Locale | Seattle, Washington |
| Owner | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 840 ft (256.0 m) |
| Width | 100 ft (30.5 m) |
| History | |
Pier 1 in Seattle, Washington (after May 1, 1944, Pier 50 [1] ) was an important shipping terminal.
Pier 1 was located at the foot of Washington Street. Pier 1 was immediately to the north of Pier A and immediately to the south of Pier 2. [2]
Pier 1 and Pier 2 to its north were built between 1901 and 1904, replacing Yesler's Wharf. [3] According to Paul Dorpat, the first tenant of Pier 1 was the Luckenback/Luckenbach Steamship Co. (he gives both spellings) for their intercoastal service. [4] Alaska Steam Ship Company was there as early as the first decade of the 20th century, when they shared the pier with the Port Angeles-Victoria Line and the Vancouver Line. [4]
In 1917, Pier 1 was owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, and operated bv the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, the Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co., and the Port Angeles Transportation Co, and was also the headquarters of the port warden. Pier 1 measured 840 by 120 feet (256 by 37 m), and had a warehouse measuring 840 by 100 feet (256 by 30 m), with a cargo capacity of 20,000 tons. Twenty (20) railway cars could be loaded on the racks that were on the pier, which was equipped with adjustable slips. In 1917, Pier 1 was equipped with then-modern waiting rooms and offices. The pier was also the headquarters of the port warden. The depth of water at Pier 1 was 40 feet (12 m) at low tide. [2]
In the late 1940s, Alaska Steamship Co. moved to Pier 42 and Nippon Yusen Kaisha used this pier until September 17, 1960 as port of call for the Hikawa Maru , the only Japanese passenger ship to survive the WWII. [4] In 1971, the pier was owned and/or operated by Seattle Piers, Inc. and, along with Pier 51, was the proposed site for a World Trade Center, [5] which was ultimately built elsewhere. The pier was torn down early 1980s to expand the Washington State Ferries terminal at Pier 52 (Colman Dock). [4]
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