Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington

Port Blakely was named in 1841 by the Wilkes Expedition for the American naval officer Johnston Blakely.{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}

In 1863, William Renton began operating a sawmill at Port Blakeley. In 1880, brothers Isaac, Winslow and Henry Knox Hall moved their shipyard from Port Ludlow, Washington to a site near the Port Blakely Lumber Mill. At one point, this mill was "the world's largest sawmill under one roof."

Ed Monk, boat designer, was born in Port Blakely on 1 January 1894.

{{Cite web

| title = Port Blakely Companies

| url = http://www.portblakely.com/companies_history_1852.html

| accessdate = March 10, 2010}}

The lumber mills and shipyard of Port Blakely were adjoined by extensive living quarters and public amenities for mill workers and their families.{{cite web |url=https://dahp.wa.gov/sites/default/files/PortBlakelyMillCR_Report.pdf |title=Port Blakely Mills and Milltown: Historic Buildings / cultural Resources Survey for Port Blakely Mill Company |date=April 1992 |access-date=21 February 2024}}

"The first true five-masted schooner built on the West Coast was the Inca, built at Port Blakely in 1896." H.K. Hall a 1,237-ton five-masted schooner, was launched here in 1902.

{{Cite web

| last = Bruzelius

| first = Lars

| title = Sailing Ships:Five-masted Schooners

| work = Maritime History Virtual Archives

| date = 1996-10-06

| url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Schooners/Schooners%285m%29.html

| accessdate = March 10, 2010 }}

"Between 1881 and 1904, the Hall Brothers launched 77 vessels of every size and rig, including barks, barkentines, three-, four-, and five-masted schooners, steamers, a tug, a government revenue cutter and several yachts. Hall Brothers was largely responsible for building most of the schooners for the Pacific Coast lumber trade."

The shipyard was moved to Winslow in 1903.

{{Cite book

| last = White

| first = Gary M

| title = Hall Brothers Shipyards

| chapter = The Port Blakely Years

| publisher = Arcadia Publishing

| year = 2008

| location = Charleston, SC

| pages = 8–9

| isbn = 978-0-7385-5614-7 }}

Port Blakely was featured in the documentary Port Blakely: Memories of a Mill Town by film maker Lucy Ostrander and her husband Don Sellers.{{Cite web|date=2002-10-16|title=History springs from giant trees|url=https://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/history-springs-from-giant-trees/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Bainbridge Island Review|language=en-US}}

• Inca (schooner)
• List of Bainbridge Island communities
• Lyman D. Foster (schooner)

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• [https://books.google.com/books?id=EGtLZDxWnuEC&dq=inca+schooner&pg=PA26 Hall Brothers Shipyards, the Port Blakely Years]
• [https://archive.today/20130415051009/http://islandwood.org/about/history_of_islandwood/culturalhistory/blakelymill Port Blakely Mill], Islandwood School
• [http://www.portblakely.com/companies_history_1852.html Port Blakely Mill], Port Blakely Companies
• [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=1053 Captain William Renton (1818-1891)], founder of Port Blakely Mill
• [http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/bir/entertainment/41938997.html Port Blakely Lumber Mill Interior, 2009]
• {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121210055740/http://blog.peregrinesea.com/2011/06/loss-of-four-masted-schooner-winslow.html Loss of the Four Masted Schooner Winslow, built Port Blakely]}}

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Category:Communities of Bainbridge Island, Washington

Category:Shipyards of the United States

Category:Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States

Category:Industrial buildings and structures in Washington (state)

Category:Shipbuilding in Washington (state)

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