381 results for: Seattle Construction Company
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Pacific Car and Foundry Co. worker tightening cable during Space Needle construction, 1961
The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World's Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.84
Date:1961
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Steelworkers during construction of observation deck level of Space Needle, 1961
The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World’s Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.95
Date:1961
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Jack Edwards and Amby Wirkus working on a bracket for the Space Needle observation deck, 1961
The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World’s Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.97
Date:1961
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Temporary Stone Way Bridge, Seattle, May 4, 1916
The Stone Way Bridge was a temporary bridge that opened May 31, 1911 over the northwest corner of Lake Union, connecting Westlake Avenue on the south shore to Stone Way on the north. The bridge was in service until June 15, 1917, when the Fremont Bridge, built as part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal project, opened to traffic.This image of…
ID Number:2006.7.50
Date:1916
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Carrie Rodgers and spectators at SS Edmore launch, Seattle, May 24, 1919
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.20
Date:1919
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David Rodgers at work, Skinner and Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, circa 1918
David Rodgers was a master shipfitter who is credited with revolutionizing the shipbuilding industry. Born 1865 in Carrickfergus, Ireland, he worked for noted shipyards in the Great Lakes area, San Francisco, and Vancouver, B. C. In Seattle Rodgers worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station and then Moran Brothers Company (later Seattle Construction & Drydock Company), overseeing the building of…
ID Number:2009.56.58
Date:Circa 1918
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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, November 10, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.136
Date:1917
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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 1, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.140
Date:1917
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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 8, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.141
Date:1917
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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 15, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.142
Date:1917