File:Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co , Seattle (CURTIS 515).jpeg
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English: Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. , Seattle. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q4803332 |
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English: Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. , Seattle. |
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English: Ames shipyard at 26th Ave. S.W. and W. Hanford St. as seen from Pigeon Point, looking north.
According to Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Record Books, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Ames was founded in 1916, and located on the West Waterway of the Duwamish, at 26th Avenue SW [part of what is now Terminal 5 in West Seattle]. They produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the US Shipping Board in the World War I period; the company lasted until 1956, and the related Ames Terminal Company, a cargo-handling facility, lasted into the 1960s. |
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Depicted place | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1917 date QS:P571,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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English: Photograph : silver gelatin, b&w |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Order Number InfoField | CUR1386 |
Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
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