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 fabricated the boilers, engines and much of the equipment for these vessels as well. Employing over 5000 men, the shipyard was equipped with a machine shop, blacksmith shop, boiler shop, plate and pattern shops, carpenter and coppersmith shops, and other facilities, including a large dining hall and hospital for its employees. City directory entries for the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company end in 1956.
The copy of "Ames Log," the Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company employee magazine, pictured here is an expanded anniversary issue, or "voyage." It contains a message from company president Edgar Ames, as well as reports from each department, a diagram of the plant, poetry, and photographs of many of the ships constructed and their sponsors.
The Seattle Public Library holds copies of "voyages" 1-27 of "Ames Log."
Physical Description: 1 periodical (48 p.) ; 9 x 11.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
