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“Blanchard Boat Company, 1924.”  Photographer: Webster & Stevens.  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society 4440


“Norm Blanchard, 1921.”  Museum of History & Industry 1989.89.464


“Boats in Ballard Locks, 1941.”  Photographer: Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff.  Museum of History & Industry PI27692


“Coast Guard Ships & Fishing Fleet in Lake Union, 1938.”  Photographer:  Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff.  Museum of History & Industry 1986.5.3250


‘Charles H. Cates, a Tugboat, Moored in Lake Union.”  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society


“Boat Show, 1948.”  Photographer: Clarence J. Rote, Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff.  Museum of History & Industry PI26241


“Spirit II Being Built with Builders in Foreground.”  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society 879-75


“George Pocock, ca. 1928.”  Photographer: Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff.  Museum of History & Industry 1986.5G.2411


“Lake Union from the East, 1908.”  Museum of History & Industry  2002.13.18


“Loggers Amidst Large Trees, 1917.”  Photographer: Webster & Stevens.  Museum of History & Industry 1983.10.10400.2


“George Pocock, 1959.”  Photographer: Josef Scaylea.  Museum of History & Industry 1993.20.282


“Averilla & Principia  in the Harbor Near Jensen Motor Boat Company.”  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society  2552-12


“Gwendolyn II, a Sailing Yacht at Sea.”  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society 879-33


“Blue Peter, 1927.”  Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society 344-5


“Launching of the Gadget at Blanchard Boat Company, 1929.”  Photographer: Walter P. Miller.  Museum of History & Industry 1989.89.39



From native American canoes to elaborate yachts, thousands of boats have come to life on Lake Union over the centuries.  Today the lake is home to several ship repair yards and one of the world’s leading centers for traditional boat building.

©2008 Vaun S. Raymond vaun@u.washington.edu

Boat building on Lake Union with Dick Wagner (3 min.)

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