Correspondence and papers on the location and development of the Lake Washington Canal; consisting principally of letters to and from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1892-1902, and including majority and minority reports of the Naval board appointed to consider the question of a fresh water basin o

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Correspondence and papers on the location and development of the Lake Washington Canal; consisting principally of letters to and from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1892-1902, and including majority and minority reports of the Naval board appointed to consider the question of a fresh water basin on the Pacific Coast in which vessels of the U.S. Navy may be laid up in ordinary. May 1901.

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Seattle Chamber of Commerce

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Established in 1882, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was responsible for establishing railroad terminals in Seattle and developing the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, and the commerce of the Columbia River Basin. The chamber addressed its goals through committees that focused on areas such as Alaska, city affairs, county affairs, foreign and domestic affairs, logged-off lands and irrigation, mercantile issues, rivers and harbors, state affairs and legislation, and transpo...