VIEW SHOWING PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. TERMINAL, ALBERS WHARF AND THE TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL CO. WHARF. (Photo by Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc.) PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES PIERS, WHARVES, AND DOCKS The first piers built in Seattle were located between Yesler Way and Main Street, in the vicinity of the present piers 1, A, and B. Development was confined to that vicinity for over 20 years, but in the eighties was extended northward to the Schwabacher pier. Up to the time of the construction of the Great Northern piers at Smith Cove, about 1902, nearly all shipping was handled on the central water front. The establishment of terminals by the port of Seattle has resulted in the securing of a considerable portion of the foreign and overseas traffic for piers Nos. 40 and 41 at Smith Cove and much of the Alaskan and British Columbia business for the terminals at Bell Street and pier No. 11. There are at present 166 piers, wharves, and docks within the limits of the port of Seattle which are used for the handling of commerce and industry of the port. Most of the larger commercial and industrial wharves are equipped with cranes capable of lifts up to 25 tons. At the Ames Terminal on the West Waterway and at the Port of Seattle Commission pier No. 40, Smith Cove, there are shear-leg derricks with capacities for lifting 100 tons. The water-front facilities of the port are adequately protected by two modern fireboats. The Alki, which is berthed at the foot of Madison Street on the central water front, is of steel construction, with a speed of 13 knots. It is equipped with 9 nozzles capable of delivering 12,000 gallons of water per minute at 200 pounds pressure. Special equipment includes Lux and Foamite systems for fighting oil fires. The Duwamish, a steam-operated steel vessel, has a speed of 12 knots and a discharge capacity of 9,000 gallons per minute at 200 pounds pressure through 7 monitor nozzles. This vessel is berthed at the foot of Massachusetts Street on East Waterway. The city water mains furnish a pressure of 120 to 135 pounds per square inch. Complete automatic sprinkler and fire alarm systems have been installed at the terminals operated by the port commission as well as hose, hand extinguishers, roof tanks, monitors, floodlights, and other special and supplementary equipment. The majority of the private wharves also maintain special fire-fighting equipment. The port of Seattle in reality consists of two harbors-the salt water harbor and the fresh water harbor. The salt water harbor can be divided into six sections, namely, Smith Cove, central water front, East Waterway, West Waterway, Duwamish Waterway, and West Seattle. There are 95 facilities located in the above-mentioned sections of the port over which the greater part of the commerce of the |