Master Plan for Exhibits & Interpretation at Lake Union Park

NORTHWEST SEAPORT NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS FOR
Preliminary Engineering Assessment Lightship No. 83 Rehabilitation Grant
 

Northwest Seaport (NWS) solicits interest from consultants with expertise in historic ship preservation and rehabilitation to conduct a preliminary engineering assessment (PEA) on the historic Lightship  No. 83 (LV No. 83, now designated as “Swiftsure”).  NWS is a certified 501 (C)3 Non-profit organization and has received federal grant funds, distributed through the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), to rehabilitate the LV No. 83 for use as a heritage vessel and to provide public programming.  Phase one of this project is to conduct a PEA. 

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Early in 2006 a an ad Hoc committee was formed to develop a project to identify key archival collections of Maritime history in the Northwest.  This effort has been led by Jodee Fenton of the Seattle Public Libray and Betsy Davis of The Center for Wooden Boats

 You can read about the project in this meeting announcement from January of this year:

About the Collections Survey

 To date 29 organizations have responded to this survey, their contact details and information from the responses will be posted shortly.

 If your organization would like to be included in this survey please take some time to complete the survey at the link below.

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Maritime Heritage Initiative

Sponsored by 4Culture, in partnership with the National Park Service, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, the King County Association of Historical Organizations, and Historic Seattle

Please CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO MARITIME HERITAGE INTATIVE WEB SITE 

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South Lake Union Park became a reality on July 1, 2000, when the US Navy conveyed the deed to its five acres of land to Seattle Parks and Recreation. The transfer consolidated the South Lake Union site into a 12-acre park. It is a unique urban gem destined to become a popular, waterfront park as it develops.

CLICK HERE FOR SEATTLE PARKS DEPARTMENT- SOUTH LAKE UNION PARKS PAGE.

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