page_title: Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad
hierarchical_section_title: Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad
caption_attribution_description: English: Original photographer unknown. Looking northwest from Beacon Hill at S. Dearborn St. and 12th Ave. S. Yesler Mill and wharf with other mills are shown on the end of the peninsula. The trestle of the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad crosses the center of scene to the coal bunkers. Subjects (LCTGM): Cities &amp; towns--Washington (State); Harbors--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Seattle (Wash.)
context_page_description: The Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad was a 3 ft narrow gauge railroad and was the first proper railroad to serve Seattle, Washington, preceded only by horse-drawn rail vehicles and by a coal train making the very short haul from Lake Union to Pike Street. Despite its ambitious name, actual construction never went beyond King County, the county of which Seattle itself is the seat. After being sold to Henry Villard's Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 it was renamed the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad. In 1916, that became the Pacific Coast Railroad Company.
context_section_description: The Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad (earlier Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad and was the first proper railroad to serve Seattle, Washington, preceded only by horse-drawn rail vehicles and by a coal train making the very short haul from Lake Union to Pike Street. Despite its ambitious name, actual construction never went beyond King County, the county of which Seattle itself is the seat. After being sold to Henry Villard's Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 it was renamed the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad. In 1916, that became the Pacific Coast Railroad Company.
caption: Railway curves along the shore south of Downtown Seattle, 1881
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