Images of America- Seattle's Coal Legacy Pub 1310 An updated market survey of

An updated market survey of popular powerboats

Potomac River

and Singer Island

(1-Jul-2012)

Chart Image Size: 36" x 15⅞"

Images of America- Seattle's Coal Legacy Pub 1310 An updated market survey ofIn the 1880s, Seattle became a major coal port in the United States. By 1908, Puget Sound was the third largest coal port, after New York and Baltimore. For Seattle, the major coal mines were in Issaquah, New Castle, Renton, and Black Diamond, with many other smaller mines throughout King County. Until the petroleum revolution, Seattle exported most of its coal to San Francisco. Because of coal, Seattle became a center for skilled engineers,