Grip car and trailer car of cable street railway, Seattle

by admin on 18. Aug, 2010 in Photos

joshuadf 18. Aug, 2010 at 5:54 am #

Since it’s flat and there are no buildings, I’m guessing this shot is near Leschi.

"Yesler Way was Seattle’s most famous cable car line. It connected Pioneer Square, near the Puget Sound waterfront, with high-lying residential districts and the Leschi recreational area near Lake Washington. Ferries operated from Leschi to Medina and Bellevue. When the line was built, the residential and recreational areas did not exist and the area was almost completely uninhabited. All of the Seattle cable railways were promoted by real estate developers."

"The line was promoted by the Seattle Construction Company, with the help of the patent trust’s Pacific Cable Construction Company. It was designed and built by Pacific Cable’s J M Thompson. Because the company was insufficiently capitalized, the Construction Company operated it until the Lake Washington Cable Railroad purchased it in 1889."

Much more on info at
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsea.html
UW Digital Collections 18. Aug, 2010 at 6:13 am #

Joshua – Thanks for the detailed information and link!!
KDavidClark 18. Aug, 2010 at 7:11 am #

Wow…1888. Thanks for adding this to King County Creative Commons!