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McNey, Malcolm, “Commencement Bay to Get Skimmer to Fight Oil Spills,” Tacoma News Tribune, 07 February 1973.
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Oil Skimmer for Commencement Bay
Belt in Middle Scoops Up Oil and Debris
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Commencement Bay received an oil skimmer rig to fight oil spills. The skimmer can hold up to 880 gallons of oil and uses the belt in the middle of the rig to pick up oil and debris. The skimmer can hold the oil for about 98 percent of the oil spills that occur in Puget Sound, and it is run by the Marine Oil Pickup Service (MOPS) of Seattle.
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Seago, David, “Good words, oily birds-you’ll live,” Tacoma News Tribune, 14 January 1975.
“Rub-a-dub duck,” Tacoma News Tribune, 14 January 1975.
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40 Mallard ducks used to paddle Fife’s Wapato Creek had to paddle in a kitchen sink instead. Volunteer Chris Wells scrubbed one of the ducks affected by the oil spill in the creek. All ducks were expected to recover. The spill was blamed on vandals who were believed to have tampered with the storage tanks at the Old Valley Packing Co. recently purchased by the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo by staff member Bruce Kellman.
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Duck
Photograph by Jerry Buck
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“Oil ‘vacuum’ vessel unveiled,” Tacoma News Tribune, 13 August 1976.
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A cooperative of 14 oil pipeline and marine companies placed a 58-foot oil recovery vessel called the Clean Sounder into service. They claim it is the largest and most advanced skimmer in the country. The Clean Sounder cost $720,000 and was built by the Marine Construction and Design Co. of Seattle. The vessel should be able to pick up 600 gallons of oil per minute. The boat's purpose is to increase the capacity of the Clean Sound Cooperative to handle accidental oil spills in the Sound. It joined four other skimming vessels in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, and Anacortes. The skimmer has twin hulls and is powered by water jet propulsion units. The skimmer used two oil attracting belts to pick up oil from the surface, and that oil is squeezed from the belts and stored aboard. The vessel was designed specifically for Puget Sound.
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Clean Sounder
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“Oil spill covered Blair Waterway,” Tacoma News Tribune, 13 November 1982.
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A spill from U.S. Oil and Refining Co. on the Blair Waterway resulted in oil swirling around Sea-Tac Alaska Shipbuilding Corp. drydock where a U.S. Coast Guard vessel was being worked on. The oil spill also contaminated part of Commencement Bay and was cleaned up by the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo by staff member Warren Anderson.
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Anacortes Barge
A worker atop the oil barge in Puget Sound signals to others on the crane platform as the barge is being lifted to the surface Monday afternoon.
Carrie Robertson/photo
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Anacortes Barge
Two oil spill control workers in a boat prepare to lay out sorbent squares on the deck of the oil barge moments after it was righted Monday afternoon after several delays. The barge sunk Jan. 31.
Carrie Robertson/photo
Weathersby
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Steve Green of Marysville creeps up on an oil-soaked White Wing Scoter that washed up near Ocean City.
Haley
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Governor Booth Gardner and Alice Bertner looked at some of the 2700 live birds that have been collected for a cleaning process to save them from the deadly effects of an oil spill that has washed up on the Washington coast. She serves as "Director of Rehabilitation" at the bird hospital that has been set up in the Ocean Shores Convention Center. These are some of the healthiest birds. They are in an outdoor test tank to see if they are clean enough to float. If they pass the test, they are to be released in one of three areas: Nisqually Reach (near Anderson Island); Sequim Bay; or Discovery Bay. 660 birds have been hand-washed since December 24. More than 2500 dead birds have also been collected.
The governor said bird-cleaning efforts will probably continue through the rest of the month. The birds in this photo are called "murre." AP Writer David Ammons is writing a story telling about the governor's visit. It will move on the wire Wednesday afternoon.
Bruce Kellman/News
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Fire fighters from Kitsap County and Kingston and other volunteers comb the beach at Indianola cleaning up an oil spill.
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As early evening moves into dusk....
19-year-old Tacoma resident Janine Absten (right) and 19-year-old Sean Brown (Tacoma) light candles as part of a protest (and vigil) that was joined by 150 others at Owen Beach this evening. The group was concerned by the recent oil spill in Alaska and spent the time discussing the issues surrounding the incident and voicing feelings thereof. The group, with many families and children present created no problems for park officials who earlier were concerned that the protest might grow out of hand, possibly resulting in damages. After the gathering members left the park.
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