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Old gas station tank blamed for First Hill leak at 9th and Madison

The Washington State Department of Ecology says a gasoline leak at 9th and Madison discovered just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday has been contained:

On Wednesday evening (Nov. 23, 2011), Ecology and Seattle Public Utilities worked closely with the owner of the property with the old gasoline storage tank. The property owner quickly hired a private cleanup contract to secure the site to keep any more gasoline-contaminated surface water runoff from further reaching the city’s storm drain system — including stacking sandbags and building extra containment for runoff at the site.

This morning, the U.S. Coast Guard, Ecology and SPU inspected the outfall pipe that drains to Lake Union and determined no more gasoline was reaching the lake.

Ecology and SPU will continue their investigation next week about how residual gasoline from the old gas station underground storage tank, installed in 1949, reached the city’s storm drain system. Officials will continue to monitor conditions through the holiday weekend.

We’re not certain where exactly the old tank is located — any old timers remember a gas station in the area?


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George
12 years ago

My dad owned cabs there, Seattle Yellow cab hub for decades, 1940ies thru 1980 ies – ???? – when they moved.

Sure then pumped a ton of gas. Parking on the roof, looks small today.

Dad drank at Vitos and the place across the street had great cafe food and milk shakes … very cheap, even then.

Robert Ketcherside
12 years ago

I agree with George — details are scant on the exact property, but this must be the ne corner of Madison and 9th. Now it’s parking for the Sorrento but it was built in 1926, and from 1950 on was a cab hub.

BTW, George, I’d love to hear more anecdotes about that area.

http://info.kingcounty.gov/Assessor/eRealProperty/Detail.asp

carl edward byrd
11 years ago

re-instate his withdrawed from himself alliegations.