In an undated photo, coal miners pose at the entrance to the Ford Slope at Coal Creek. The town of Newcastle was named after the English coal-mining city. In it's heyday, from the discovery of coal in 1863 to 1880, Newcastle had about 700 residents.

Coal miners arrive for the morning shift in Newcastle in this undated photo. Newcastle's prosperous coal industry helped build Seattle as a port. Coal was transported first by wagon then by tram-like railway over Newport Hills to Lake Washington. It was then barged to Elliot Bay, where it was then loaded on ships bound for San Francisco.