Loud noise, humming coming from Fauntleroy and West Seattle Bridge area

[bradse]

Loud, humming noise coming from Fauntleroy at West Seattle bridge. What is that noise? It is loud, hums for a long time, then stops, then starts again. Trying to sleep is difficult. Does anyone know what it is?

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[WSB]

Historically the fabled “West Seattle hum” has tended to be related to vacuum offloading of dry cargo on the Duwamish River. Every time a new complaint comes in (maybe once a month or so), we check VesselFinder and sure enough, a bulk cargo ship is in.
https://www.vesselfinder.com/

But the only way to verify that is to drive down to West Marginal and see if you can trace it. That’s what we and community leaders did more than a decade ago when this was a raging mystery – TR

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