Thanks to Craig Young for sharing the photos and report from the marina that’s just south of West Seattle’s bridges:

(Friday) morning at the Jim Clark Marina, a new 24 inch diameter by 80 foot long steel piling replaced 3 wood pilings that rotted and broke last spring. This piling helps hold the boat houses in place.

Manson Construction Co. set the piling and vibrated it in place. After it was in place, Ted Planta, president of the Duwamish Waterway Association, inspected it and gave it a thumbs up.

The association operates Jim Clark Marina, which is privately owned and has almost 100 slips where the west and east Duwamish Waterways converge into one river (here’s a map).

SPEAKING OF THE DUWAMISH RIVER: As first reported here a week ago, the state of the river – plus its past and future – is the subject of this month’s Sustainable West Seattle Community Forum. It’s happening at Camp Long Lodge tomorrow night, 7 pm, and the list of prominent participants has grown since our first report – get the latest at the SWS website.