Todd Shipyards Corp. workers posing for a photograph at a job site, 1950

Ogawa 6-8-27a_2 In 1940, Todd Corp. acquired property on Harbor Island in order to create additional construction capacity designed to build destroyers. Built with $9 million from the Navy, it employed 17,000 people at its peak, while the repair yard employed another 5,500. After the World War II, T...

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Main Author: Ogawa, Elmer
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
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Boat & ship industry > Washington (State) > Seattle
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Todd
Ketchikan
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:social/4660 2023-05-15T17:02:22+02:00 Todd Shipyards Corp. workers posing for a photograph at a job site, 1950 Ogawa, Elmer University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanner in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/4660 unknown Society and Culture Collection http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/4660 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Elmer Ogawa Collection. PH Coll 178 Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle Todd Shipyards Corporation Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T15:45:21Z Ogawa 6-8-27a_2 In 1940, Todd Corp. acquired property on Harbor Island in order to create additional construction capacity designed to build destroyers. Built with $9 million from the Navy, it employed 17,000 people at its peak, while the repair yard employed another 5,500. After the World War II, Todd Corp. acquired the new facilities from the Navy and the combined yard remains in operation today. In 2011, Todd was acquired by Vigor Industrial, which also owns the US Barge yard in Portland and the former Alaska Ship & Dry Dock yard in Ketchikan, AK as well as several repair yards in the region. Other/Unknown Material Ketchikan Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Todd ENVELOPE(-85.933,-85.933,-78.050,-78.050)
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Todd Shipyards Corporation
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Todd Shipyards Corp. workers posing for a photograph at a job site, 1950
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description Ogawa 6-8-27a_2 In 1940, Todd Corp. acquired property on Harbor Island in order to create additional construction capacity designed to build destroyers. Built with $9 million from the Navy, it employed 17,000 people at its peak, while the repair yard employed another 5,500. After the World War II, Todd Corp. acquired the new facilities from the Navy and the combined yard remains in operation today. In 2011, Todd was acquired by Vigor Industrial, which also owns the US Barge yard in Portland and the former Alaska Ship & Dry Dock yard in Ketchikan, AK as well as several repair yards in the region.
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