Creosote, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Creosote, Bainbridge Island, Washington | |
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 Structures and a road at Creosote, Washington, sometime before 1930 | |
Interactive map of Creosote, Bainbridge Island, Washington | |
| Coordinates: 47°36′52.7″N 122°30′14.3″W / 47.614639°N 122.503972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Kitsap |
Creosote was a community of Bainbridge Island, Washington, along Eagle Harbor.[1] The area is directly visible from the downtown Bainbridge Island community of Winslow. Originally named Eagle Harbor in 1886, in 1908 the name was changed to Creosote because of the manufacturing and application of creosote at the now-defunct Wyckoff Company plant in the area.[2] "The largest industry on Bainbridge Island was the Wyckoff Company wood-treating plant on the south shore at the entrance to Eagle Harbor, which began operations in 1903", according to a US government document.[3] The former industrial site is to the north of the community of Bill Point and east of the community of Eagledale at the southern side of the entrance to Eagle Harbor.
Restoration
The site is now the city-owned Pritchard Park and is undergoing Superfund clean-up.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Swanson, Jack (2002). Picture Bainbridge: A Pictorial History of Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island Historical Society. pp. 164–171.
- ↑ Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. p. 33. ISBN 0-295-95498-1.
- ↑ Elliott Bay Trustee Council (January 2009), Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Site, Bainbridge Island, Washington (PDF), NOAA
- ↑ "History of the Site" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.