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<p>The Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier B, located at foot of S. Main St. appears on the right. The Washington Hotel, also known as Hotel Denny appears in the distance in the center of the photograph at the top of the hill. The King County Courthouse appears at the top of the hill at the right of the photograph.; Seattle waterfront [Symbol.] No. 7.
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<hr><p>Although the two closest piers ("B" and "A" at right) have signs on them saying, "The Pacific Coast St. Co.", they appear to be the old Oregon Improvement Co. piers, not the later Pacific Coast Steamship Company piers that were built around this time. You can see the three Lilly Bogardus buildings at Pier B. (The later Pier B only lost its pier shed in 2010 and was known after 1944 as Pier 48.) In any case, this photo (dated ca. 1899) must be later than <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_waterfront_NE_from_Cherry_St.,_1900_-_DPLA_-_110c9568d7031f702d9e2179ef0946f3.jpg" title="File:Seattle waterfront NE from Cherry St., 1900 - DPLA - 110c9568d7031f702d9e2179ef0946f3.jpg">File:Seattle waterfront NE from Cherry St., 1900 - DPLA - 110c9568d7031f702d9e2179ef0946f3.jpg</a>, because the latter shows the name "Oregon Improvement Co." still on these piers.
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This appears to have been taken from the end of the King Street Coal Wharf. Compare <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterfront_from_the_coal_bunkers,_vicinity_of_Washington_St_looking_north,_Seattle,_ca_1900-1903_(SEATTLE_2995).jpg" title="File:Waterfront from the coal bunkers, vicinity of Washington St looking north, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 2995).jpg">File:Waterfront from the coal bunkers, vicinity of Washington St looking north, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 2995).jpg</a></div>
circa 1899 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/1c289475bea4725edc5ed53732c42712">1c289475bea4725edc5ed53732c42712</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_ap_00061</li></ul></span>