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1892 - The First Business on 14th Street Dock
The first business on 14th Street Dock was a sawmill at the west end owned by the Everett Land Company.
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1893 - Importance of Trains
Railroads have played an important role in the transport of goods to and from Everett’s waterfront industries.
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1890s - The Danger of the Mills
Working in a shingle mill was dangerous and it took a certain kind of employee to survive at these jobs. “Men pushed hunks of red cedar through the huge circular saws, smaller shingle saws, and finally trimmer saws....
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1907 - World’s Largest Shingle Mill Opens
Opening in 1907, the Clough-Hartley plant was billed as the world’s largest shingle mill.
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1910s - The Emergence of Three Large Plants
The north waterfront saw the emergence of three large plants during this era.
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1913 - Jamison Mill Company Opens
Jamison Mill Company opened on the north waterfront in 1913, and by 1926 the company was producing 1.25 million shingles per day.
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1916 - The Shingle Weavers’ Union
The Shingle Weavers’ Union went on strike when the mill owners were unwilling to reinstate a higher wage scale.
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1918 - The Port of Everett is Formed
On July 13, 1918, citizens voted to form the Port of Everett in hopes of acquiring World War I wartime industries.
