Map of Washington Territory and Oregon with portions of the adjoining territories with the route of the Seattle & Walla-Walla Railroad, (1874)

Map of Washington Territory and Oregon with portions of the adjoining territories with the route of the Seattle & Walla-Walla Railroad, (1874)

Pacific railroads -- Maps<br>Railroads -- West (U.S.)<br>Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company<br>Washington Territory

1 map; 55 x 42 cm. <br>When the Northern Pacific selected Tacoma as the western terminus for its transcontinental route in 1873, Seattle residents took matters into their own hands. The city of Seattle incorporated its own railway, the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, with the express intent of building its own route over the Snoqualmie pass and across Washington to Walla Walla. <br>The Railroad never made it to Snoqualmie Pass, much less to Walla Walla. It did make it up the valley as far as Renton (in 1877) and Newcastle (in 1878), at which point it became primarily a coal railroad, transporting enormous quantities of coal down from the Newcastle mines to the Seattle docks at a greatly reduced transport cost. <br>The Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad was purchased by the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad in 1881.

Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company

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Seattle, W.T. : Intelligencer Book and Job Printing Office

1874

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Is part of Report of the chief engineer of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company : to the trustees and stockholders, November, 1874.

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WSU 176<br>HE2791 .S42 1874

United States--Washington Territory
United States--Oregon
United States--Idaho
United States--Montana