Seattle Port Commission

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Publicly owned governing body for the Seattle waterfront.

The Seattle Port Commission was established by King County voters in September 1911 as a publicly owned and controlled governing body for the City's waterfront area. The Commission had the power to authorize and control improvements to Harbor and transportation facilities on the waterfront, to purchase land, to levy property taxes and issue bonds. The first Port Commissioners were Robert Bridges, Hiram Chittenden and Charles Remsberg.

From the guide to the Seattle Port Commission records, 1899-1960, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)

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