Showing posts with label maritime history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maritime history. Show all posts
11/14/22

Tillicum towing Kitsap out of Ballard, 1916

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 I spend a lot of time paddling and walking the shorelines of Seattle's Salmon and Shilshole Bays and thinking about now and then perspe...
6/27/21

Port Crescent, Revisited from the Water

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We’ve posted about the lost logging town of Port Crescent on this blog before , but there are so many great historical photos of the townsit...
8/24/20

Ballard Shoreline Aerial Comparisons - 1940 and 2020

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 Here's a fun comparison of the 1940's Ballard / Seattle shoreline and the current view from Google Earth.   The now view is of the ...
8/8/20

Ballard Boat Works 1905 and Present

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Sivert Engelsen Sagstad, a young Norwegian boat builder emigrated to Seattle and opened Ballard Boat Works, pictured here on lower Salmon Ba...
8/5/20

Dungeness Spit: The Lighthouse, Part 1

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Yesterday I wrapped up the last of three days of annual shoreline survey work on Dungeness Spit , which took me out to the lighthouse area ....
6/11/20

Washington Harbor - 600 Years of Activity

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This Washington Harbor shoreline at the entrance to Sequim Bay is one of the most culturally significant and extensively researched historic...
6/4/20

The SS Bering, a Reindeer Ship in Ballard

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The SS Bering was a ship that was parked on the beach at Point Shilshole, now the home of the Ballard Elks Lodge. The Bering was built origi...
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5/5/20

Port Williams...Bustling Port Now County Park

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Port Williams is located on the Olympic Peninsula near Sequim , between Sequim Bay and New Dungeness Lighthouse. It’s currently a Clallam Co...