PORT TOWNSEND — The decrepit Quincy Street dock, used for about 50 years as a vehicle ferry terminal until the early 1980s, could be restored if city and Port leaders successfully secure state transportation grant dollars.
City and Port of Port Townsend officials envision a second life for the Quincy Dock as a passenger ferry terminal instead of its longtime role as a state auto ferry terminal.
Remnants of the old dock, its ferry-guiding “dolphins” protruding offshore and rotting wooden car-hold deck can be seen along the shoreline east of Water Street at the terminus of Quincy.
“We’ve gotten bad press about the city and the Port not getting along,” said Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Herb Beck of Quilcene.
“But this is an opportunity for the city and the Port to work together.”
The Quincy Street Dock is a decommissioned ferry terminal and the Port’s ownership encompasses about 3,000 square feet of tidelands.
The city of Port Townsend owns all upland facilities and uses the Waterman and Katz Building on Quincy Street, adjacent to the overwater dock.
The dock is unused and fenced off to the public.