Kings St. Coal Wharf - Skinner & Eddy Shipyards - Site of Hooverville

Kings St. Coal Wharf - Skinner & Eddy Shipyards - Site of Hooverville (HMWFA)

Location: Seattle, WA 98104 King County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 35.908', W 122° 20.175'

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A coal wharf was located at the waterfront during the late 19th century. Coal was transported here by railroad from Newcastle and Renton. Abandoned in the early 1900's, the wharf soon became the Skinner & Eddy Shipyard.

During World War I, the shipyard set records in ship construction, building 75 vessels - one-tenth of the nation's total wartime shipping tonnage. Following the war, an attempt to reduce wages at the shipyard resulted in the first city-wide strike in the country, which immobilized Seattle for five days.

During the depression of the 1930's, the abandoned shipyard became a part of Hooverville, the well-known Seattle shantytown which housed displaced citizens until World War II.
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HM NumberHMWFA
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Year Placed1989
Placed ByHistoric Seattle Museum of History and Industry, Pioneer Square Businesses, and King County
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 1:14am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 549895 N 5271886
Decimal Degrees47.59846667, -122.33625000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 35.908', W 122° 20.175'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 35' 54.48" N, 122° 20' 10.50" W
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Area Code(s)206, 425, 360, 253
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 212 Alaskan Way S, Seattle WA 98104, US
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