Saturday, July 05, 2008

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A couple of weeks ago we took the boat over to some Lake Washington bays where there are some interesting floating houses. For the most part, these are minimalist houses, with efficient footprints, and due to small moorage, most have eclectic designs. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

On the way home we went by Gasworks Park and caught it with nice light on the gasworks themselves.

This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal - later converted to crude oil. Import of natural gas in the 1950’s made the plant obsolete. The city acquired the site for a park in 1962. The park was opened to the public in 1975. The boiler house has been converted to a picnic shelter with tables, fire grills and an open area. The former exhauster-compressor building, now a children’s play barn, features a maze of brightly painted machinery.

Fun!

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