Pier 2, Seattle

Pier 2, Seattle
	A crowd at Pier 2.
Type	Shipping pier and warehouse
Locale	Seattle, Washington
Owner	Northern Pacific Railway
Characteristics
Total length	770 ft (234.7 m)
Width	120 ft (36.6 m)
History

Pier 2 in Seattle, Washington was an important shipping terminal.

Location[]

Pier 2 was located at the foot of Yesler Way. Pier 2 was immediately to the north of Pier 1 and immediately to the south of Colman Dock.^[1]

History[]

In 1904, La Conner Trading, by then a subsidiary of the Puget Sound Navigation Company, was operating jointly with businessman H.B. Kennedy as the on the Seattle – Bremerton run. Disposing of three vessels, including the Inland Flyer, Athlon, and the sternwheeler , the Navy Yard route ran six sailings a day from Pier 2 to and from Bremerton, Washington.^[2]

In 1917, like Pier 1, Pier 2 was owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, although in the case of Pier 2 it was operated by the Alaska Steamship Company. Pier 2 measured 770 by 120 feet (235 by 37 m), with 1,400 feet (430 m) of berthing space. Pier 2 had a warehouse measuring 750 by 100 feet (229 by 30 m), with a cargo capacity of 17,000 tons. Track capacity at Pier 2 was 18 rail cars. Like Pier 1, Pier 2 had adjustable slips. In 1917 Pier 2 had an electric crane, with a capacity 25 tons.^[1]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Beaton, Welford, ed. Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography (1917), at pages 27 to 37. (accessed 06-09-11)
^ Newell, ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 32, 67, 76, 87, 100, 110, 145, 175, 268, and 270.

References[]

Beaton, Welford, ed. Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography (1917) (accessed 06-09-11).
Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
State of Washington, Public Utilities Comm'n, Third Annual Report (covering the period from Dec. 1, 1912 to Nov. 30, 1913), Vol. 3, at page 199. (accessed 06-09-11)

Coordinates: 47°36′06″N 122°20′12″W / 47.60167°N 122.33667°W / 47.60167; -122.33667

[Waterhouse_27-1] Beaton, Welford, ed. Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography (1917), at pages 27 to 37. (accessed 06-09-11)

[McCurdy-2] Newell, ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 32, 67, 76, 87, 100, 110, 145, 175, 268, and 270.

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