Pier 54, Seattle

Pier 54
Pier 54 from Alaskan Way, 2009
Typetourist pier; former shipping pier and warehouse
LocaleSeattle, Washington
Owner1900–1944: Northern Pacific Rwy., others later.
Characteristics
Total length300 ft (91.4 m)
Width150 ft (45.7 m)
History
Opening date1900
Coordinates47°36′15″N 122°20′22″W / 47.60417°N 122.33944°W / 47.60417; -122.33944

Pier 54 is a tourist pier in Seattle, Washington. Previously an active shipping pier and warehouse, Pier 54 was originally known as Pier 3 until it was renumbered during World War II. This pier was also known as Galbraith dock and the Galbraith Bacon dock. Because of the large number of smaller local steamships, generally built of wood, that used the pier up until the 1930s, the pier was also known as the “Mosquito Fleet dock”.