Industrial Railroads of Washington

Industrial Railroads

Dupont Powder Works.
36in Gauge. Operated 17 miles of railroad track throughout the E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company Powder Works complex with gasoline powered locomotives moving material within the complex as well as connecting with the Northern Pacific Railroad and a wharf at the mouth of Sequalitchew Creek on the southern reaches of Puget Sound. Dupont, Pierce County, Washington. 1906-1976

Seattle Coal & Transportation Company.
36in Gauge and 30in Gauge. Operated a 17 mile long tramway and ferry system connecting their coal mine at Newcastle with Seattle. The trip required coal cars be barged across Lake Washington, and then across Lake Union where the steam powered railroad moved them to the coal bunker. In 1880 the railroad became part of Henry Villard's Oregon Improvement Company. Newcastle to Seattle, King County. 1870 - 1880