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[Guest post by Eleanor Doughty in Seattle] Lake Union Drydock Company is one of my closest neighbors here in Eastlake, Seattle, occupying a couple of blocks on eastern Lake Union's shore. I'm working on getting inside the facility and onto their docks for closer sketching, but for now I'll be content capturing interesting land and water scenes from the many viewpoints on land.

They've been in operation for almost 100 consecutive years and are one of the only all-wood docks left in the city. LUDD has mostly been in the boat repair business, but back in the early 20th century they made a few dozen patrol and recreation boats, and even several minesweepers during WWII. [source]

Some charming sailboats are moored in front of wooden sheds on docks used by the drydock company. Behind are the I-5 highway I wrote about earlier and the upper-class neighborhoods cresting Capitol Hill. 

The Sandra Foss, a tugboat, has been docked for several weeks, presumably getting repairs. I recently learned that the Foss Maritime business started in nearby Tacoma, when someone sold his rowboat to Thea Foss for $5 in the late 19th century. She painted it white with green trim and turned it into a business asset, eventually leading the Foss family to own a fleet of tugboats, rowboats and sailboats, which they leased out for recreation and industry. Today they are the largest tug/towing company on the West Coast. Many Foss vessels are still painted white with green trim (see below).

Here's a quick sketch of some administrative buildings, accessible by footbridge, during a drizzle. I enjoy how all the LUDD buildings are integrated with the lake.

Lake Union Drydock leases some of their dock space to Seattle Seaplanes, where you can charter a flight for an aerial tour of Seattle. Also, LUDD rents docks for moorage for recreational boats.

Eleanor Doughty is a Seattle correspondent, freelance illustrator and urban sketching enthusiast originally from Virginia, now living in Seattle by way of NYC. You can follow her sketches on Instagram and Tumblr, and find her illustration portfolio at edoughty.com.

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