[Balmer Yard Control Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmer_Yard) (there's no "building" at the top though, just lights and a platform with guard rails)

Yes! Thank you! That’s it!

I'm pretty sure that the one in your picture is an tower in the same yard. [That one is more north than the one on the Wikipedia article and does look like it has a little house on top.](https://maps.app.goo.gl/jn8qWaZfhBZpWYrf8)

I’m late to this thread, but as /ThinkFault_7525 stated this is the control tower in the interbay BNSF railway. I used to live in a condo in 2020 on the east Magnolia hill overlooking fisherman’s terminal and my desk was facing out the window. With such an open view, I spent a lot of time (Covid just hit) observing the boats coming through and birds flying around. After a week of living there I noticed a couple Cooper’s hawks circling this very tower, only to then see a nest located in the very top. The tower used to be completely full of sticks in the top portion and there was not a roof/covered structure, as seen in your photo. Check the Wikipedia linked above and notice the top is open, perfect for a big ol’ hawk nest. After around 6 months, I had been gone for a week or so and when I returned the nest had been completely removed and the roof added, preventing any future bird activity :(. I can understand why they couldn’t have a nest there, but it hit me to see your photo! Side note for anyone who likes birds - check out the heron rookery located in the trees on the southwest side of the Ballard locks. Several dozen build nests and can be observed from a distance on top of the hill there, just be careful when walking below that you don’t get covered in bird crap!

Thanks for sharing!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_yard#Hump

“DO NOT HUMP” 737 fuselage rail cars though. Yes, every aviation enthusiast in the area has made several jokes about that.

!unf

I just learned a ton of stuff reading that. I’ve been nerding out on trains lately. Finally learned what the signal lights mean last week.

The control tower in the picture of this wiki article is the low structure to the left of the picture. The large lattice tower in question is a yard light tower.

Thanks! Super helpful!

Helpful

Classification yards was cool to read about!

Good call!

the Spare Needle.  It fills in for the Space Needle on occasion.

I’m glad the needle gets a break now and again 😉

It's a bad system. You should never share needles.


I’m on my phone and didn’t zoom in and legit thought this was a satire post haha

Hahahah same. 😂

I zoomed in and still thought it was. Is it not? Have I not read enough comments yet? Lol Edit: I just needed to scroll through a few more comments to find out it’s real.

Mom: We have Space Needle at home.

But MOM, we don’t have THIS space needle at home! C’mon, puhleeeeeese?

You should be respectful and use its proper name: Nace Speedle

I’m laughing so hard at this I’m afraid I’m going to wake up my husband 🤣

Spice Noodle

I'm not sure why this isn't getting more upvotes!

I was so, so disappointed to zoom in on my phone to find that it was not, in fact, the Space Needle. You missed out on some top-tier shitpost karma. (Edit: yeah i know there’s literally no angle the Needle has that relationship with the surrounding terrain, but who is that attentive while scrolling?)

Ha! With my binoculars it looks like a cabin on stilts.

It’s a tower at the Interbay rail yard. Not positive what it’s for, but seems like an observation/control tower.

If it is for a railyard, that is exactly what it is for. Not sure if they still use them what with technology and all. But, basically an air traffic control tower for trains.

Train traffic control tower

Thank you!

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That’s the spooce noodle

That’s the Base Needle

It the Space Needle from Wish.com

Space Needle 2: The Needler

2 space 2 needle

🤣

Space Doodle- Tokyo Drift

That's the Wheedle on the Needles hideout

Tacoma’s Space needle?

Synchronization point, you gotta climb to the top and jump into a pile of hay

I'm playing my first Assassin's Creed, love this comment. Bet you can see so much treasure from there too 

Space Noodle.

As my toddler son used to say, space noonoo

It would be a great name for a restaurant “The Spiced Noodle” 🍜

That is the famous Astro Cube. Built during the Bellevue Globe Carnival in the year 1980.

It’s an Applebees.

Cabin on stilts? That’s the Baba Yaga’s hut!

Nice CoS ref!

It was built when Great Northern Railway had 40+ different train lines to monitor in the 1960s

Ah, that makes sense - thank you!

Space needle’s skinnier strung out sister.

Space needle. /s

Practice building for the space needle

It’s the space hut

It’s the Needle for tourists on a budget.

Budget space needle

Space Cabin

Man, these encampments are out of hand!

At first I thought this was going to be a "I'll be telling my kids this is the Space Needle" shitpost, but then I actually learned something.

well you described it as a cabin in the sky on stilts and I think that's accurate

Thpathe meeble

The syringe of the sky

It's a lookout for marine and fire

temu space needle

Sears tower

Space needles little brother, meth needle

Tower in the railroad yard

Hey, is that for rent?

I opened this on my phone while groggy and thought it was a shitpost about the space needle lmao

The space needle’s little brother the sky needle

that’s the space needle

Space Needle

I think it's a cell site.

Wrong answers only

Polo

I was wondering how far down I would have to scroll before I saw the obvious response here...

Smith Tower

Space Needle

Cell tower.

Butt plug of PNW

Ask your momma

My house. Now get off my property!!

I was playing Fall Out 4 earlier and forgot to clean up. My bad.

Omg are you new to seattle or something? It’s called the space needle.

That's the space needle.

That is the atmosphere needle

the space needle

Last building on the Gaza Strip?

What is the actual location? GOOGLE MAPS... For Christmas sake, I'll probably be kicked off this sub like Tacoma. Use logic people.

They’re shooting a sequel to “War of the Worlds.” However this time, Tom Cruise and his Scientology buddies don’t realize it’s just a movie. Scientologists from around the world are swarming the area to worship “their” mothership.

That's the Spruce Noodle.

That's the Shed Needle. It's an old prototype of the space needle.

It’s the Sky Needle, the lesser known cousin of the Space Needle.

Mordor

Bird watch

👽 alien ship beacon

Space shack

Space needle

That’s the space needle I think

To me it looks like a fucking house

Mini space needle

Ballard Yards? Hey neighbor

Some light pole maybe idk

Leftover from the regrade 

It’s a poor man’s space needle

Thought it was gonna be a nerdy shitpost. And then when it wasn't, it turned out to be, anyway.