Lake Washington Shipyard/Carillon Point
After the opening of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1917, several shoreline sites on Lake Washington grew in importance as shipyards and maintenance facilities. One of the most important was the Lake Washington Shipyards in Kirkland. Starting with ferries, the shipyard produced numerous warships in World War II. [...]
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Welcoming Figure, Richmond Beach Park
Native peoples lived and traveled on Puget Sound waterways in canoes thousands of years before the arrival of European explorers and traders. In 1998, artists Steve Brown, Joe Gobin, and Andy Wilbur created Welcoming Figure, a ten-foot high bronze sculpture of a Coast Salish man and woman. They first carved Welcoming Figure out of red [...]
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Northwest Maritime Center
The Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) is a multi-use waterfront campus that provides powerful maritime experiences for people of all generations. The 27,000 sq. ft. facility is made up of a deep-water pier, a public commons, and two buildings that include classrooms, a retail Chandlery and Cafe, conference and meeting rooms, the Boatshop, the H.W. McCurdy Library, a boat house [...]
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Marty McOmber
Dan Leach
Deborah Bach
Zach Wellington Simonson-Bond
Pete Leenhouts
Mary D. Christie
Zoe Olson
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Brendan Floyd
Aislinn Palmer
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
CWB Maritime
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Joe Follansbee
Sue Loiland
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