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3 results for: Ames Shipbuilding

Image of Workers at Ames Drydock, Seattle, circa 1920
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Workers at Ames Drydock, Seattle, circa 1920
St. Louis native Edgar Ames (1868-1944) moved to Seattle from Chicago in 1895 and in 1916 founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Seattle. The modern plant he built on Harbor Island covered 20 acres and included a floating drydock. During World War I the yard produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board, and…
ID Number:1981.7286.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Ames Log, Issue 21, November 24, 1919
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Ames Log, Issue 21, November 24, 1919
St. Louis native Edgar Ames (1868-1944) moved to Seattle from Chicago in 1895 and in 1916 founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Seattle. The modern plant he built on Harbor Island covered 20 acres and included a floating drydock. During World War I the yard produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board, and…
ID Number:1981.7373.1
Date:1919
Image of S.S. Western Ally in drydock, Harbor Island, Seattle, January 10, 1919
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S.S. Western Ally in drydock, Harbor Island, Seattle, January 10, 1919
The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.51
Date:1919

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