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Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, United States, where it empties into Elliott Bay. Built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company , it was completed in 1909 and was then the largest artificial island in the world, at 350 acres (1.4 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
A 1918 Port of Seattle map shows three narrow, unnamed piers between the Municipal Bathing Beach (Alki Beach) and Duwamish Head, as well as several others around Alki Point facing onto Puget Sound, outside Elliott Bay. [11] One such pier is visible in the distance in the third photo of a Seattle Now & Then article by Paul Dorpat and Jean ...
Ballast Island is now inland from the recently created Habitat Beach, looking southeast from Colman Dock. Ballast Island was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2021. [28] A plaque memorializing the island is located at Washington Street Boat Landing, a pergola located adjacent to the former site of the island. [29]
Tillicum Village was a Puget Sound area visitor attraction located on Blake Island, a Washington State Park accessible only by boat, which is off the shore of Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1962 by Bill Hewitt, control of Tillicum Village was sold to Argosy Cruises in 2009.
The war plan of 1911, which was drafted under Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, included an island-hopping strategy for approaching Japan. [7] After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles gave Japan a mandate over former German colonies in the western Pacific—specifically, the Mariana, Marshall, and the Caroline Islands.
Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 24,825 at the 2020 census, [5] making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County. The island is separated from the Kitsap Peninsula by Port Orchard, with Bremerton lying to the southwest
Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre (55.0 ha) park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. [2] It has a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.