July 16, 2020

I think I added this page because I was a little excited that there was a waterfall on this old road of Lancaster's, and to cover Frink Park a bit, too, but mostly the waterfall, I think... It's not much compared to the CRH waterfalls, though!

FrinkPark.org: The Frink Park Waterfall

This little creek had its headwaters about a half block east of 32nd Avenue and Washington Street it drained all the hills around - six or eight blocks. When it was rainy, its banks overflowed in a flat just west of 35th Avenue S. about a half block north of Lane Street.

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"The black loam soil here was very, very deep having been washed there for probably who knows how long. The ambitious people of the neighborhood wheeled it away in their wheelbarrows for their gardens," remembered Bill [Schafer]. "Water from this lowland ran under 35th Avenue South, through a culvert, and onto the beach."

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The "creek" of yesterday can still be seen today. Stand on the bridge (on Lake Washington Boulevard within the Park boundary) and look to the west. The waterfall measures about 6 feet tall.

"At the north end of Frink Park, near Yesler Way, the boulevard angled down the hill to the lake again just north of Leschi Park."

Links

FrinkPark.org: Frink Park Waterfall

http://www.frinkpark.org/waterfall.htm

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