The Port of Seattle, Washington
Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Harbors
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Harbors
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Author : Water Resources Support Center (U.S.)
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Harbors
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Author : Casey McNerthney
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2024-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781933245713
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Page : 176 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Harbors
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors War Department
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1941
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
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Page : 134 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Harbors
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Author : United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
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Page : 556 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Harbors
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Author : David B. Williams
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0295748613
Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region’s ecological complexities. Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today’s ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound’s ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change. Witty, graceful, and deeply informed, Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents new insight into and appreciation of the waters they call home. A Michael J. Repass Book
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Page : 802 pages
File Size : 22,68 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : Jennifer Ott
Publisher : Historylink
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781933245560
In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a park and parkway system. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect, as the Olmsted Brothers were hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region. The park system shaped Seattle's character and continues to play a key role in the city's livability today.