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BOLAND-B12910
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- 1925-07-04 (Creation)
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An open invitation was made for all to attend the July 4th festivities at the Stadium Bowl in 1925 by the Ocean Dock Co. and Gerlinger Carrier. Military band concerts, saber drills and a polo game were scheduled as entertainment. The Ocean Dock Co., based on the Middle Waterway, and Gerlinger Carrier may have worked in conjunction on the Milwaukee Pier 1. The Gerlinger Carrier Co. advertised their modern freight handling on the side of their straddle carrier. Straddle carriers had lift capacities in the thousands and were able to help solve tough material handling problems. The Dallas, Oregon-based company had been founded just seven years before in 1918 by German-born immigrant Carl Gerlinger, Sr., to manufacture both straddle carriers and forklifts. It is still in business over 80 years later with the machines now being manufacured by GCC, Inc., of Salem, Oregon. GCC is owned by descendants of Carl Gerlinger. (gerlingercarrier.com/history.htm) G50.1-017
Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hoisting machinery; Gerlinger Carrier Co.; Ocean Dock Co. (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1920-1930;