<p>Caption on image: Coal Bunkers Seattle 1889
PH Coll 26.7</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Coaling-stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sailing ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ellioitt Bay (Wash.); Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Great Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889</li></ul><hr><p>"Coal bunker ship" is an odd wording. The "coal bunker" is the dock. If the ship transported coal (likely, since it is a sailing ship at a coal dock) it would be a "coal ship," "collier ship," or just "collier."
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The coal bunker at King Street was rapidly rebuilt after the 1889 fire; it is only partially built here, compare <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_St_wharf_and_coal_bunkers,_Seattle,_Washington,_July,_28,_1898_(INDOCC_9).jpg" title="File:King St wharf and coal bunkers, Seattle, Washington, July, 28, 1898 (INDOCC 9).jpg">File:King St wharf and coal bunkers, Seattle, Washington, July, 28, 1898 (INDOCC 9).jpg</a>.
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