Five people were on the pier at the time of the collapse, and 12 at the construction site, The Seattle Times reported. (CNN)Several people were rescued from Elliott Bay in Seattle after Pier 58 collapsed, according to tweets from the city's police and fire departments. No other injuries were reported. The unsupported weight coupled with the destructive marine environment likely contributed to the deterioration, Foster said. Seattle's Pier 58 partially collapses into water; 2 construction workers injured Fire crews on scene of a partial collapse of Pier 58 at the downtown waterfront. This NASA photo obtained September 13, 2020 shows what NASA's Aqua satellite captured in this image of a huge number of wildfires that have broken out in Oregon, some beginning in August, but the majority started after an unprecedented and historically rare windstorm that swept through the Cascade foothills in the afternoon of September 7 through the morning of September 8, 2020.

(Ken Lambert/Seattle Times/TNS). Pier 66 is the official designation for the Port of Seattle's Bell Street Pier and Bell Harbor complex, which replaced historic Piers 64, 65, and 66 in the mid-1990s. We continue to develop a revised removal plan for the remainder of the pier. A Chinese woman dressed in traditional clothing known as Hanfu holds a fan as she walks in the Houhai Lake area on Sept. 13, 2020 in Beijing, China. A 4-ton bronze fountain — the final sculpture of Seattle artist and architect James FitzGerald, cast a year after his death from bone cancer by his spouse and collaborator, Margaret Tomkins, according to HistoryLink.org — sat atop an elevated concrete platform surrounded by the heavy planters. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Seattle's Pier 58 partially collapses into water; 2 construction workers injured, Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Protesters clash on streets of DC amid vote tallies, Chipotle struggles with staffing as coronavirus cases rise. Seattle's Pier 58 partially collapses into water; 2 construction workers injured, I Can't Believe This Social Security Bonus Was So Easy, Americans Are Obsessed With New Blanket That Puts You To Sleep In Minutes. Two construction workers transported to hospital in stable condition. Waterfront Park is a public park on the Central Waterfront, Downtown, Seattle, Washington, USA.Designed by the Bumgardner Partnership and consultants, it was constructed on the site of the former Schwabacher Wharf (Pier 58). [7], Coordinates: 47°36′24″N 122°20′30″W / 47.6068°N 122.3416°W / 47.6068; -122.3416, Seattle Central Waterfront Tour, Part 2: From Coal to Containers, Piers 46, 47, and 48, "Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan approves 'emergency dismantling' of downtown waterfront Pier 58", "Part of Pier 58 collapses on Seattle waterfront, injuring 2, after removal work begins", "Seattle closes Pier 57, home to Great Wheel, after partial collapse of Pier 58", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waterfront_Park_(Seattle)&oldid=979519181, Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 06:41. All rights reserved. We continue to remove Pier 58 and recent work includes removing a portion of the timber deck in the northwest corner of the structure, reestablishing environmental protection measures and removing debris from the water. Pier 58 sits near several popular Seattle attractions such as Pike Place Market, the Seattle Great Wheel and the aquarium. An acrobatic plane pilot performs with General Dynamics F-16 Solo Turk aerial aerobatic aircraft during the 5th Sivrihisar Airshow in Sivrihisar district of Eskisehir, in Turkey, on Sept. 13, 2020. The park was cordoned off from the public and the city began an emergency demolition project. Updated 0206 GMT (1006 HKT) September 14, 2020. “We knew that the pier was shifting and that there was a risk of collapse, and so a series of additional safety precautions were taken,” said Marshall Foster, director of the city of Seattle’s Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects, which is overseeing a $720 million renovation of the entire length of the waterfront as part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement. Two construction workers were transported to the hospital in stable condition, Seattle Fire Department. Foster said Sunday evening that initial inspections revealed no damage to the aquarium, nor to the Miner’s Landing pier to the south, which holds the Great Wheel.

More than 20,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, with officials warning that cooler weather could end September 14, 2020 as warmer, drier conditions return. The work will include salvaging furniture, art and the existing fountain, removing concrete structures, timber decking and framing, and the extraction of piles supporting the structure. A representative of Orion Marine Contractors, which is based in Texas and has an office in Tacoma, did not return a request for comment Sunday. They were transported to Harborview Medical Center, where one was discharged and the other was in satisfactory condition, said spokeswoman Susan Gregg. If you would like to receive only construction updates, please fill out this form. The overall square footage will remain approximately the same as the current pier. The shoreline of Elliott Bay has significance, both culturally and economically, for the Indigenous peoples for whom this region has been traditional ancestral land for over 13,000 years. The unsupported weight coupled with the destructive marine environment likely contributed to the deterioration, Foster said. Designed by the Bumgardner Partnership and consultants, it was constructed on the site of the former Schwabacher Wharf (Pier 58). During emergency active pier removal yesterday, the northeast corner of Pier 58 collapsed.

Plans to rebuild the pier include a new lawn and trees, as well as features to improve salmon habitat. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Supports were built for that, fountain but they had disconnected, leaving a heavy unsupported weight on the pier, according to Foster. Chosen by a panel with 11 members of local and regional Indigenous tribes, as well as representatives of Urban Indians, artist Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson of the Puyallup Tribe, will create three welcome figures, collectively titled Family, that will form a grouping on the park promenade near Pier 58. The freighter Miike Maru opened Seattle's Japan trade by docking there August 31, 1896. The city’s contractor on the project, Orion Marine Contractors, “accelerated removing portions of the site in order to try to delay the collapse,” Foster said.



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