File:Boatyard at Dockton, Washington, ca 1918 (MOHAI 5316).jpg

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English: Boatyard at Dockton, Washington, ca. 1918   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Boatyard at Dockton, Washington, ca. 1918
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In 1891, the Puget Sound Dry Dock Company built a large dry dock on Maury Island, Washington, on the eastern shore of Quartermaster Harbor. The shipyard closed when it was unable to compete with yards at Seattle, Tacoma and elsewhere on the mainland. Dockton, the name given by the company, remains the primary clue to the story of the town's origins. This photographic postcard, postmarked December 12, 1918, shows a boat yard at Dockton, on Maury Island in Puget Sound.

Original title: Dockton Wash. Written on verso: [Message:] Pt. Defiance. Leave for Chambers Creek tomorrow. Will be in town Saturday evening if you want to come over I will stay at the Victoria Hotel. Few of the boys are going to Gig-Harbor this evening on low tide and fix the slip. Dad. Original photographic print (postcard): ca. 1918. Copied in 1998 by the Museum of History and Industry.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Boat & ship industry; Boats; Shelters
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English: Dockton (Wash." Maury Island (Wash.)
Date circa 1918
date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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English: 1 negative: safety film, b&w
Dimensions height: 2.2 in (57.1 mm); width: 2.7 in (69.8 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,2.75U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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