Thomas Heinrich Petersen - Ballard, Washington
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N 47° 39.874 W 122° 23.836
10T E 545251 N 5279195
This historical marker is located at the Hiram M. Chittenden Memorial Locks- 32nd Avenue NW and NW 54th Street in Ballard.
Waymark Code: WMAYK3
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2011
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Located near one of the featured waymarks, the sculpture "Salmon Waves" (WM162V) at the Hiram M. Chittenden Memorial Locks, this marker is attached to an anchor and was placed by The Yukon
Club AND Propeller Club. It reads:
"THOMAS HEINRICH PETERSEN
1836-1915
SHIPBUILDER
NEAR THIS SITE, WHEN SALMON BAY WAS STILL A
TIDAL CREEK BEFORE THE LOCKS WERE BUILT, THOMAS
PETERSEN BUILT THE TWO FOUR MASTED SCHOONERS
TRANSIT, IN 1891, AND STIMSON IN 1900. A NATIVVE OF
DENMARK, PETERSEN IMMIGRATED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN
1857 AND BUILT TWENTY EIGHT VESSELS THERE AND IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FIRST TWO
THREE MASTED SCHOONERS EVER BUILT ON THE PACIFIC
COAST. TWO VESSELS FOLLOWED IN OREGON AND BY
1907, PETERSEN WAS ESTABLISHED IN PUGET SOUND
CONTRACTING FOR AND BUILDING SIX SAILING VESSELS
AND STEAMERS AT PORT LUDLOW, PORT TOWNSEND, PORT
MADISON AND FINALLY IN SALMON BAY. HIS DESIGN
WORK ALSO CONTRIBUTED TOWARD THE BUILDING OF
OTHER VESSELS AT THE MORAN YARD IN SEATTLE AT THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY.
ERECTED MARITIME WEEK, MAY 1976, BY THE YUKON
CLUB AND PROPELLER CLUB, SEATTLE"
Marker Name: Thomas Heinrich Petersen
Marker Type: Other (please describe in long description)
Town name: Ballard
Date marker was placed: May 1976
Placer: The Yukon
Related website: Not listed
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