Pier 1 in Seattle, Washington (after May 1, 1944, Pier 50) was an important shipping terminal.

Location

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.

History

Pier 1 and Pier 2 to its north were built between 1901 and 1904, replacing Yesler's Wharf. Updated January 2007. According to

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, the first tenant of Pier 1 was the Luckenback/Luckenbach Steamship Co. (he gives both spellings) for their intercoastal service. 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. In 1917, Pier 1 was owned by the

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, and operated bv the

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, the Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co., and the Port Angeles Transportation Co, and was also the headquarters of the port warden. Pier 1 measured , and had a warehouse measuring , 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 at low tide.Beaton, Welford, ed. ''Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography'' (1917), at pages 27 to 37.
(accessed 06-09-11) In the late 1940s, Alaska Steamship Co. moved to Pier 42 and

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used this pier until September 17, 1960 as port of call for the ''

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'', the only Japanese passenger ship to survive the WWII. 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, Map also available as :File:Map of Seattle Harbor, circa 1971 (52409434495).jpg. which was ultimately built elsewhere. The pier was torn down early 1980s to expand the Washington State Ferries terminal at Pier 52 (Colman Dock).

Notes

References

Beaton, Welford, ed. ''Frank Waterhouse & Company's Pacific Ports: A Commercial Geography'' (1917)
(accessed 06-09-11).
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) Transport infrastructure completed in 1904 History of King County, Washington Piers in Seattle Central Waterfront, Seattle Northern Pacific Railway 1904 establishments in Washington (state) 1980s disestablishments in Washington (state) Buildings and structures demolished in the 1980s {{Washington-transport-stub