Video: General Construction centennial fireworks

About 20 seconds into our short clip from tonight’s 10-minute fireworks show on Elliott Bay – which started just as the Space Needle dimmed for Earth Hour, but was NOT related to that event – you can hear the not-so-happy sea lions … we were on the Harbor Avenue shore just west of Salty’s, same spot where we’d been whale-watching two hours earlier, and the sea lions we heard were likely on one of the barge buoys offshore (recent photo here). Now, as for General Construction, the company whose centennial was the reason for tonight’s fireworks: You can read the company history here; among their major projects, Pier 66, site of tonight’s celebration. One of their major locations is on West Marginal Way SW, here in West Seattle. 12:32 AM: Adding a couple nice photos from the fireworks – this one is from Craig Young:

And this is from David Rosen:

pam March 27, 2010 (10:13 pm)

Thank you WSB for letting us know about this in advance,it was a beautiful night for a walk on the beach to see the fireworks.

WSB March 27, 2010 (11:59 pm)

We were glad to see more than a few people out waiting for them – that was part of the gripe after the Farmers New Life Insurance show three weeks ago, not just “fireworks! why didn’t somebody warn us, we freaked out” but also “darn! if we’d have known about fireworks, we would have gone down to watch them” – so we were glad to share the news … TR