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| Title | Waterfront and tidal flats from Beacon Hill, ca. 1898 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders B. |
| Date | ca. 1898 |
| Caption | Tidal mudflats once extended all the way to the foot of Seattle's Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Developers bought these tidelands and filled it in for sawmills, shipyards, flour mills, and other waterfront industries.
This photo by Anders Wilse, probably taken in 1898, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like before the tidal flats were filled in. The Centennial Flour Mill is the large white building at the distant left. The Moran Brothers' shipyard is just to its right. In the center of the photo, you may be able to make out a row of sternwheelers being built for the gold rush. |
| Notes | Original copy negative
Original photograph: Wilse, Anders B., ca. 1898. Copied after 1902 by Webster & Stevens |
| Subjects | Reclamation of land; Trestles; Tideflats; Waterfronts |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.6049.2 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original copy negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 380x |
