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| Title | Two workmen, including one African-American, in Port Blakely Mill boiler room, ca.1900 |
| Photographer | unknown |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| Caption | Captain William Renton founded the first Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. The mill burned down and was rebuilt in 1888. The rebuilt mill was the largest sawmill on the Pacific Coast and was a major employer on Bainbridge Island. The mills boiler house contained three 300-horsepower boilers that converted sawdust and scrap wood into steam.
This second mill too burned down and was rebuilt in 1907. The mill finally closed and was demolished in 1924 as a result of a decline in the lumber market. |
| Notes | Caption information sources:
Price, Andrew Jr. Port Blakely: The Community Captain Renton Built. Seattle: Port Blakely Books, 1989
Yockey, Ross and L. Beth Yocky, Responsible to the Earth: The Remarkable History of the Port Blakely Companies. Seattle: Abecedary Press, 2007 |
| Subjects | Employees--Washington (State)--Port Blakely (Wash.) ; Boilers; Mills--Washington (State)--Port Blakely; Industrial Facilities--Washington (State)--Port Blakely; |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Port Blakely (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1977.6486.61 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Papers, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Papers |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to
700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. |
