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C117132-19
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- 1918-07-20 (Creation)
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Copy made from glass plate, Richards Studio. Imprinted on the photograph are the words "Emergency Fleet Corp., Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corp., July 20, 1918, Tacoma, Wash." WW1 was still in effect at this time. Todd Dry Dock was a major shipbuilder with plant and offices located on the Hylebos Waterway. They were also listed as engineers and boilermakers according to the 1918 City Directory with C.W. Wiley as president of the firm. Later, it appears that Todd Dry Dock may have changed its name to Todd Pacific Shipyards; it then became the largest single war producing unit in Pierce County during WWII with over fifty vessels built for the Navy. Copy of glass plate made on October 3, 1958.
Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1910-1920;