The Engineering Department (SED) maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities and in 1936 it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department.
This series consists of 5 volumes, each page of which represents a plat of land, organized alphabetically for plats within city limits, with plats outside city limits listed at the end. Each page lists property transfers to or from the City of Seattle, organized chronologically. The property transfers described range from at least 1907 to 1990, and represent various use-cases from sewer easements to park creation to a variety of municipal building projects.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Grantor/Grantee Indexes, Record Series 2608-07. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.