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Well, my first suggestion is to make the images bigger, so folks can see them more easily. I think there's detail in there that's getting lost.
That said, I really like these shots. The first two are my favorites. Amazing what a long exposure can do to the water, isn't it? Looks as calm and still as a mill pond in that shot. Now, I've been out on the Bay during some pretty calm water (Ever seen somebody try to row a Tall Ship to turn it into the wind? I have, it was that calm...) Still, the water never looked that glassy smooth, so that's a neat effect.
The shot of the Simpson Mill is also nice. The Aroma of Tacoma is pretty much gone, but that the plant still belches smoke and steam into the air like a Pittsburgh Steel Mill. Amazing what it looks like on a cold day, and you've done a great job of capturing that.
The third one is nice too, but the pilings and pier in the first one really make the shot, and the colors work better in my opinion.
By the way, there's a fellow on Facebook who does something similiar, but he does the during the day. The water takes on a misty milky look, almost like fog, and he often has cloudy skies.
How does he do the shots in daytime? He stacks Neutral Density (ND) filters to the point where they're only slightly more transparent than his lens cap. That gets him the very long exposure he's looking for, and he often shoots at dawn or dusk.
Doing the shots at night adds the lights from the houses etc, which really adds to the effect. Nicely done.
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That gets him the very long exposure he's looking for, and he often shoots at dawn or dusk. 
