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Title: Gas Works Park A Case Study Of A Town Gas Plant
Author: Arnold H. Olson
Source: American Gas Association 1985
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: Gas Works Park began as a wilderness picnic area. In 1906 a coal gasification plant was built on this Lake Union site. Subsequently, this plant was replaced by a Pacific Coast Oil Gas Plant. The site was purchased by the City of Seattle in 1962 with the title transferred in 1973. Architect Richard Haag was commissioned by the City based on a design to retain the major gas making facilities. Environmental Protection Agency testing has found Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and other contamination. The Citizens Health Advisory Committee and the Health Department said that there was no more hazard at the site than being in a room with someone smoking, that a tot would have to eat a great deal of dirt to be contaminated and thai there was less hazard there than on the city streets. The City has been quite successful in building an attractive, though unusual, urban park. On a sunny day, this park may attract as many as 10,000 people, and the site is again used for picnicking. I once worked at the gas plant that is the subject of this story 1 had first-hand experience of it. I expect to tell you about the history of this manufactured gas plant when it was active, the retired gas plants history, the problems the City had in developing an attractive, unusual City park, and continuing Environmental Protection Agency concern.

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