The Alaskan Way Seawall, which stretches from just north of Broad Street south to Washington Street beneath Pioneer Square, is responsible for creating the flat ledge of land on Seattle's center waterfront. The shallower portion south of Madison Street was built in the 1910s and 1920s, while the more problematic and challenging northern halkf wouldn't be finished until 1936.. 
In order to create stable, level ground on which to construct streets, install railroad tracks, and manage passengers and freight travelling between land and sea, a quarter million cubic yards of fill were poured behind the wall. The central waterfront was redefined by the barrier, which also made room for a north-south transit corridor that would soon supplant the central waterfront's traditional nautical operations.
Listen now to learn more about this fascinating and challenging project to tame the Seattle waterfront!

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