Port Blakely is on Bainbridge Island, Washington in the western United States. It is located on the east side of the island, slightly to the south.
Port Blakely was named in 1841 by the Wilkes Expedition for the American naval officer Johnston Blakely. In 1863, William Renton began operating a sawmill at Port Blakeley. In 1880, brothers Isaac, Winslow and Henry Knox Hall moved their shipyard from Port Ludlow, Washington to a site near the Port Blakely Lumber Mill. At one point, this mill was "the world's largest sawmill under one roof."[3] The lumber mills and shipyard of Port Blakely were adjoined by extensive living quarters and public amenities for mill workers and their families.[4] |
 Port Blakely sawmill
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Ships loading Port Blakely 1887