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(Seattle Terminal 5) Terminal 5, 2019 more images: 1964 [122] extant container port / marine terminal, mainly on landfill 86 acres [123] or 172 acres [122] in Industrial District West, north of Spokane Street Container operations at Terminal 5 began in 1964 [122] and were suspended in July 2014; as of 2019 activities are underway to rework the ...
Terminal 28 (later incorporated into Terminal 30) was expanded by 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) for Nissan, [50] and Seattle became a major port of entry for Datsun vehicles. [51] In 1976, the Port reacquired Piers 90 and 91 at Smith Cove from the Navy [51] and focused them, at least initially, on Asian trade. [52]
The Lockheed Shipyard Operable Unit consisted of an 18-acre (73,000 m 2) shipyard facility located on the west side of Harbor Island at 2929 16th Avenue Southwest (Yard 1) and a 45-acre (180,000 m 2) shipyard on the North end of Terminal 5 at 2801 SW Florida St (Yard 2). The Lockheed Shipyard was a shipbuilding facility from the 1930s until 1988.
In 2017, the Port of Seattle began a $3.5 million capital program to improve the walk from the station to the terminal by installing windscreens and adding a cart shuttle service. [73] As of 2019, the cart shuttles carry up to 1,200 people per day. [68]
The terminal at the renamed Seattle–Tacoma International Airport was formally dedicated by Governor Arthur Langlie on July 9, 1949, in front of a crowd of 30,000 spectators. [17] The 71,000-square-foot (6,600 m 2) building, designed by architect Herman A. Moldenhour, included a rooftop control tower and glass courting walls in the concourses.
[2] [4] The Port of Seattle's largest line, Hyundai Merchant Marine, moved to a new, $65 million terminal in Tacoma in 1996. [5] By the turn of the 21st century, Tacoma eclipsed Seattle to become the largest port in the state and 7th largest in the nation, but fell behind ports in Los Angeles and nearby Vancouver.
A runaway barge broke free from its allocated dock and smashed into a pier in Seattle on Thursday 2 November. It was first seen moving towards Pier 62 and 63, near the Seattle Aquarium, prompting ...
King County Water Taxi and Downtown Seattle. The King County Department of Transportation operates two passenger-only ferry services known as the King County Water Taxi with service from Downtown Seattle to Vashon Island and West Seattle. [11] Kitsap Transit operates passenger-only ferries between Port Orchard and Bremerton, and Annapolis and ...