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Image of Welder at launch of the USS Coronado at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company shipyard, Seattle, July 1, 1966
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Welder at launch of the USS Coronado at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company shipyard, Seattle, July 1, 1966

Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.12.1j.4
Date:1966
Image of Building 50 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, circa 1898
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Building 50 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, circa 1898

Building 50 was built in 1896 and initially served as the Administrative Headquarters for the Puget Sound Naval Station (now the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility). The building is still standing today and has been moved a total of three times throughout its life. It is now owned by the City of Bremerton and is the building…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.43
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Boeing hydrofoil in Elliott Bay, Seattle, November 1978
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Boeing hydrofoil in Elliott Bay, Seattle, November 1978

In the mid-twentieth century Seattle's aerospace giant, The Boeing Company, saw a market in fast ferries. The company began adapting many systems used in jet airplanes for passenger-carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoils. Boeing Marine Systems (BMS) built their first hydrofoil at the Renton plant in 1960, and manufactured about 8 hydrofoils for the U. S. military, and 28 that were used in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.185
Date:1978
Image of Naval cadets at store window of the U.S. Naval Training Station, University of Washington, September 1918
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Naval cadets at store window of the U.S. Naval Training Station, University of Washington, September 1918

In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, largely through the efforts of Navy…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.2
Date:1918
Image of Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918
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Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units.This image of U. S. Navy trainees on parade…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.9
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Navy marching band at U.S. Naval Training Station, University of Washington, circa 1918
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Navy marching band at U.S. Naval Training Station, University of Washington, circa 1918

In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, largely through the efforts of Navy…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.13
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Construction site at the U.S. Naval Training Station on University of Washington campus, October 8, 1918
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Construction site at the U.S. Naval Training Station on University of Washington campus, October 8, 1918

In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, largely through the efforts of Navy…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.16
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Mail room at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
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Mail room at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy personnel was…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.18
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Supply room at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
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Supply room at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy personnel was…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.19
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Shoemakers at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
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Shoemakers at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy personnel making,…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.20
Date:Circa 1918
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