MUKILTEO BEACON
Mukilteo, WA:
U.S. submarine Scorpion calling Edmonds
60 years ago, Edmonds played a role in a blockbuster novel about the end of the world
By Brian Soergel | Jul 20, 2017
Courtesy of: Sno-Isle Libraries This image, taken in 1955, shows what Edmonds may have looked like when the crew of “On the Beach” first glimpsed the city. The photo is an Ellis aerial postcard of Edmonds and the Edmonds waterfront, looking north from above the Union Oil Company.
Edmonds’ structures remained intact, but residents succumbed to the spread of deadly nuclear fallout.
We’re all still here, of course. It was just a story: “On the Beach”…
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