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100 ALEXANDER AVE, TACOMA
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- 8 images. Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. -built on site of former Todd yards -partial plans at TPL SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File -address approximate
- TNT 12/19/1938 p.1 May open old Todd yards
- TNT 9/18/1939 p.1 Splendid site where Tacoma will again build big ships (il)
- TNT 10/9/1939 p.1 Start work on shipyards
- TNT 10/10/1939 p.1 (il under construction)
- TNT 10/15/1939 p.1 (il under construction)
- TNT 10/24/1939 p.1 (il under construction)
- TNT 11/1/1939 p.1 (il under construction)
- TNT 11/14/1939 p.1 Start first shipway (aerial il)
- TNT 11/19/1939 p.A3 Foundation for Tacoma built ships (il)
- TNT 12/3/1939 p.A9 Entire building is moved (office bldg. moved to site from Seattle) (il)
- TNT 12/18/1939 p.9 Shipyard sprouting
- TNT 12/20/1939 p.12 (il under construction)
- TNT 1/17/1940 p.1 (il under construction)
- TNT 1/26/1940 p.1 Lay keels soon (aerial il)
- TNT 3/5/1940 p.1 Keel for first ship laid (il)
- TNT 4/30/1940 Rotogravure Sec. p.7 (aerial il)
- TNT 8/2/1940 p.1 Hundreds see ship launched (aerial il)
- TNT 3/26/1941 p.1 Shipyard to double in size
- TNT 4/16/1941 p.1 Five new ways for shipyard... to capacity of old Todd yards, with eight ways
- TNT 7/9/1941 p.1 Shipyards to spend to speed output; new machine shop
- TNT 7/12/1941 p.1 OPM chief here
- TNT 7/31/1941 p.1 Getting home tough job for shipyard workers (due to traffic jams)
- TNT 8/7/1941 p.1 Big permit taken out (addition by General Construction Co., contr.)
- TNT 2/1/1942 p.A1 Shipyard here will expand
- TNT 4/21/1942 p.B17 Shipyard here has expanded greatly
- TNT 11/30/1942 p.1 Shipyard to expand; buildings to go up across Eleventh Street
- TNT 12/11/1942 p.1 More land for shipyard (leased for parking)
- TNT 12/13/1942 p.A7 ... girl messengers at Sea-Tac plant as they pedal their bicycles through big yard (il)
- TNT 12/16/1942 p.18 Shipyards guarded; watch for saboteurs
- TNT 1/18/1943 p.1 Explosion jars city
- TNT 2/10/1943 p.1 Navy buys Tideflats tracts ... to permit expansion of Sea-Tac shipyards
- TNT 5/14/1943 p.9 New "brass" gates (il)
- TNT 8/18/1945 p.1 Todd Yard flattop center; active and inactive vessels to be stored and repaired here ...
- TNT 10/27/1945 p.1 Now it can be seen! Sky view of Tacoma's warship factory released for Navy Day (il)
- TNT 11/23/1945 p.1 Topac loss is $25,000 (fire)
- TNT 12/15/1945 p.1 Navy plans to own Todd Yard by swap
- TNT 3/22/1946 p.1 Todd's final ship
- TNT 3/26/1946 p.1 Operation mothball
- TNT 6/9/1946 p.A6 Todd Shipyards today (aerial il)
- TNT 3/10/1957 p.A13 Shipyard rumors revive chronicle of Tacoma achievement in 2 wars (aerial il)
- Year Built: 1939
- Decade Built: 1930s
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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