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Gas
Works
Park
contains
remnants
of
the
sole
remaining
coal
gasification
plant
in
the
United
States.
The
plant
operated
from
1906
to
1956
and
was
bought
by
the
city
of
Seattle
for
park
purposes
in
1962.
The
park
opened
to
the
public
in
1975;
it
was
designed
by
Seattle
landscape
architect
Richard
Haag,
who
won
the
American
Society
of
Landscape
Architects
Presidents
Award
of
Design
Excellence
for
the
project.
The
plant's
conversion
into
a
park
was
completed
by
Daviscourt
Construction
Company
of
Seattle.
It
was
originally
named
Myrtle
Edwards
Park,
after
the
city
councilwoman
who
had
spearheaded
the
drive
to
acquire
the
site,
who
died
in
a
car
crash
in
1969.
In
1972,
the
Edwards
family
requested
that
her
name
be
removed
from
that
of
the
park
because
the
design
called
for
the
retention
of
much
of
the
plant.
In
1976,
Elliott
Bay
Park
(just
north
of
Seattle's
Belltown
neighborhood)
was
renamed
Myrtle
Edwards
Park.
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