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Item
Title
D13971-2
Date(s)
- 1943-01-12 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Two wooden, covered bus loading platforms were built in January of 1943 on South 10th, between A Street & Pacific Avenue, in an effort to speed the transportation of workers to the shipyards located on the Tideflats. The sheds were to be used only in loading buses headed to the shipyards. Fares were collected when riders entered the enclosures, speeding up the loading process. The city-built structures were temporary and not meant for permanent use. The Anderson Building, home to Knapp College at 1001-05 Pacific Ave., can be seen in the background. (TNT 1/7/1943, pg. 1-alternate progress photograph)
World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--Tacoma; Bus stops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mass transit--1940-1950; Anderson Building (Tacoma);