Overview

Paul Hopkins, an English-born boiler maker, found his way to Seattle, WA, by 1891, and opened the first boiler manufacturing plant in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, WA. It operated under various names until 1911, when operations were taken over by his son, Frank F. Hopkins, who operated the business until the mid-1950s.

Building History

The Salmon Bay Boiler Shops built and serviced both marine and stationary boilers, and operated in 1891. According to an 1891 city directory advertisement, its "shops [were] located on [the] North shore of Salmon Bay, Ballard."

The plant of the Ballard Boiler Works, Incorporated, operated on the corner of Shilshole Avenue and 24th Avenue NW. between 19?? and 1911.

Ownership changed in 1911, and it became known as the "Seattle Boiler Works, Incorporated." Paul's son, Frederick F. Hopkins, became the manager of the new business. As per an advertisement in the R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1911, (p. 1663), the works built marine and stationary boilers as well as refuse burners. The refuse burners would have been useful for local lumber and shingle factories operating in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.

The first manufacturing facility of the Seattle Boiler Works stood at Shilshole Avenue and 24th Avenue NW between 191? and 1914 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, WA. In 1914, it was one of six boiler manufacturers listed in the Seattle city directory. (See and R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1914, p. 1643.)

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