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- 1948-11-06
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
This aerial view of the Port Industrial Waterway shows the Port of Tacoma facilities north of 11th Street as they appeared in 1948. At the far north end is the Port's grain elevator with a capacity of 2-million bushels. Log booms can be seen in both the Sitcum Waterway, on the left, and in the Port Industrial Waterway, bottom right. The U.S. Naval Station is at the upper right with a flotilla of over 15 moth-balled baby flat top aircraft carriers at dock. TPL-3684
Aerial photographs; Bays--Washington (State); Commencement Bay (Wash.); Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950; United States Naval Station (Tacoma); Logs;