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After the war the building was used by the Seattle Disposal Company to house garbage trucks and continued in this function for nearly 40 years. During the late 1980s it began to be leased by Quadrant Corp. in preparation for the eventual takeover by Redhook Ale Brewery, who had previously been
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pub closing four years later. Since 2006 the building has been the production center and home of Theo Chocolate, the first organic, fair-trade certified chocolate makers in North America. Around 60,000 visitors tour the factory each year.
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Continued growth saw Redhook open a much larger brewing facility in Woodinville in 1994; in 1998 the company stopped production at the former trolley barn, with the
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neighborhood. By 1991 the brewery had gone from producing 40,000 to 75,000 barrels of beer per year. The building also housed a pub named the
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at a cost of $ 31,225 (equivalent to roughly $ 850,000 today), the building started out as storage space for
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brewery. Redhook brewed here from 1988 until 1998, when they moved to a larger site in
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Official Designation of Fremont Trolley Barn as Seattle Landmark, 1989
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Fremont Trolley Barn in use by Seattle Municipal Railway, 1919.
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No golden ticket needed for these Theo Chocolate experiences
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The many phases and faces of the Fremont Trolley Barn
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Historical overview of the Fremont area in Seattle.
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Seattle
Coordinates
47°39′03″N 122°21′15″W / 47.65083°N 122.35417°W / 47.65083; -122.35417
Seattle Landmark

Fremont
Seattle, Washington
trolley cars
Redhook Ale
craft beer
Woodinville
Theo Chocolate
Boston
Stone & Webster
Seattle's streetcars
trackless trolleys
World War II
Ballard
The many phases and faces of the Fremont Trolley Barn
Official Designation of Fremont Trolley Barn as Seattle Landmark, 1989
SEATTLE NOW & THEN: THE FREMONT TROLLEY BARN
Historical overview of the Fremont area in Seattle.
Redhook Brewery - About
The Trolleyman - a well-built pub.
Theo Chocolate - Our Story
No golden ticket needed for these Theo Chocolate experiences
The Seattle Times
Redhook Brewery
Theo Chocolate

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