<p>The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway.The Columbia &amp; Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle &amp; Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916.</p>
<p>Caption by MOHAI staff

Handwritten on image: 18948. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USA.
Typed on verso: Office Building, Seattle, occupied by Sales Department of Coal Co. and Supt. and Dispatcher of PR Co.
Signs in image: [Street Address] 563 [Railroad Avenue], Danger/ Drive Slow, Pacific Coast Coal Co./ B.D./ S.P./ N.C./ Renton, 93/ Coal &amp; Fuel Co.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Pacific Coast Coal Company--Washington (State)--Seattle; Columbia &amp; Puget Sound Railroad--Washington (State)--Seattle; Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul><hr>
The same building can be seen right of center at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delivery_wagons_of_the_Seattle_Coal_and_Fuel_Co,_Railroad_Ave_S_and_Dearborn_St,_ca_1909_(SEATTLE_1752).jpg" title="File:Delivery wagons of the Seattle Coal and Fuel Co, Railroad Ave S and Dearborn St, ca 1909 (SEATTLE 1752).jpg">File:Delivery wagons of the Seattle Coal and Fuel Co, Railroad Ave S and Dearborn St, ca 1909 (SEATTLE 1752).jpg</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_Hamilton_Nowell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frank Hamilton Nowell"><span title="American photographer and postcard publisher">Frank H. Nowell</span></a>
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