Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. dock, ca. 1907 Elliott Bay is the body of water on which Seattle, Washington is located. A line drawn from Alki Point in the south to West Point in the north serves to mark the generally accepted division between the bay and the open sound. Part of Washington's inland bay Puget Sound, it is home to the Port of Seattle, which, in 2002, was the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container traffic and the 46th busiest in the world.[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Queen Anne Queen Anne Hill is the highest named hill in Seattle, Washington, with a maximum elevation of 456 feet (139 m), though the highest point in the city is the aptly named High Point in West Seattle, at 520 feet (158 m). ...
Alki Point is the westernmost point in West Seattle, Washington; Alki is the peninsular neighborhood surrounding it. ...
Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. ...
Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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The Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower, Columbia Center and the Columbia Seafirst Center) is the tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline. ...
Washington state maintains the largest fleet of passenger and auto ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world. ...
Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government - Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area - City 142. ...
Alki Point is the westernmost point in West Seattle, Washington; Alki is the peninsular neighborhood surrounding it. ...
West Point is the westernmost point in Seattle, Washington, USA, jutting into Puget Sound from the Magnolia neighborhood. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area Ranked 18th - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 6. ...
Puget Sound Puget Sound (pronounced IPA ) is a sound connected to the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...
Container port on and around Harbor Island A boat at Pier 86 Grain Terminal Grain Terminal Sign The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattles seaport and airport. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port. ...
Container ship in Istanbul Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers, in a technique called containerization. ...
Elliott Bay is also home to Colman Dock, the main Seattle terminal of the state's ferry system, the largest in the country. Sailings regularly depart from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and Bremerton. Washington state maintains the largest fleet of passenger and auto ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world. ...
Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. ...
Sinclair Inlet and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (left), Dyes Inlet (middle distance) and Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges (left to right) across Port Washington Narrows Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, USA. The population was 37,259 at the 2000 census. ...
May thru September, a small passenger ferry known as Elliott Bay Water Taxi [2] runs across the bay, connecting downtown Seattle with West Seattle (Seacrest Dock). The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ...
West Seattle, a hilly district in Seattle, Washington, USA, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. ...
The Duwamish Waterway is the main freshwater stream emptying into the bay. The Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Washington states Green River. ...
Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ...
The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ...
The fictional Elliott Bay Towers, home of Frasier Crane on the TV series Frasier, are named after the bay, as is the quite real Elliott Bay Bookstore in Seattle's Pioneer Square. The Elliott Bay Towers are the fictional apartment block in Seattle that is home to Frasier Crane in the television series Frasier. ...
Frasier Winslow Crane is a character on American television sitcoms Cheers, Wings, and Frasier. ...
Frasier is a popular American situation comedy television series that starred Kelsey Grammer. ...
Pioneer Square Pergola, 1914 Photograph courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives Pioneer Square is the neighborhood where Seattle, Washington was founded in 1853. ...
The last remaining model of the Boeing 307 crashed here in 2002 during its final flight to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. A restored Boeing 307 on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial transport aircraft with a pressurized cabin. ...
The Smithsonian castle, as seen through the garden gate. ...
Interior of museum, with Gemini capsule, Soviet rockets, and Wright Flyer visible The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the United States Smithsonian Institution maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. ...
On the night of 4/19/2007, two young men by the name of Alex conquered the shit out of Elliott Bay. |