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TAKING SHAPE: Dry Dock 1 ofthr nr111 P11ga So1111d N111N1I S111tio11 111/IJ about haljiutty complnr whrn tins photo 1tws 111kr11 111 A11g11st 1894. Tim~ mt on thr spot fi1rkd a tu11111-pouxrrd w111ch that 11111111g pilin!/ lillO p/,1Cr.
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FIRST CUSTOMER: Th, 1\,117 COllSI tkfi11f( 111011//r•r l 155 Jl.fo111trty 11'.I! thr jiNt sl11p to rntrr thr )"1rdi D17 Docft I .rjrrr Its rompln1011 111 April I896 It klie&-rd thr dry dodt W4S third "1rg<rt "' tl•r u'Orld 11t thr hm~
landmark llam111rrht11d Cr1111r hoisted 11 J50-10111u1/Qad11/irr its con1plr11011111 April 1933. 11" rranr <()JI abo•1t $500.000 to build 1111d it perm1111u11!J alter-rd thr Bremerton slryl111r.
A century o shipyard progress, gro \Vyckof( lx•t'tunl' such an arllv•• rhrunp1· on of his pl1111 ror n naval bWo<• 1hu1 h•• brcamt' known In poliucal c-1rdr.3 a• "th:•I
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1<'n Navy Urutn1anl A.mbn>'I<' n Wyrkoff nm vi~ ltrd Pugrt Sound in 11!77, growth man111t<'nH·nt WIL~ nn unknown probl•·m !i<•altlt> had fr,.t>r tlwn :J,000 mhahllMt•. maJn atrC'<'t.s of Tocoma """' 111111 Ullt•ttd wllh l!t•UOfl." llJld Wa.~hlngt.Qn ru1d )'Pl to lx't-OlllP
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a &!All' NP\11•rthrh'61, Wy•·kof?, wl10 wrl>t Hl'rvinll tt'n•JOOl'DI)' duty with a cc11111t 1111d il"odo·tlr IJllnt'Y pany n1•h•• 11111e 1mm• •lln11-Jy rc·1·og n11,.,.J 1n l'ugct Soun<l lht! 1clMLI ronf!ll1ons for a rnl\lo r \\ P.11 Coa.<11 naviLI hasc - d!'I r an•I unomtn1•1•'<l w111t·111, 11•m1w1 11r dl11111w w1d rrlnll~•' prrnnnuy to Ala.~kn 11nd Ailln. " ud1 a' 0111h11u1Uon of 11d1ru1Wl("5 for 11 11.11Ylll •l·~llon c:nuhl not Ill' fo11111I r!A<·wht rt• In tilt' t.:n ;d h" wrote
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l'ugM Soundl'r • l·!Ml Coni.1 lt•1tlslalot11 W•·rl' n•hl( Ulnl 10 fund ru1 <'XJlNlqlvt• v1•ntul't' In hlll'h u ttmot<' p1ut or tl1t• nr.ilon, but 1111 thl' lumh•·r lnduslry gn•w and popul.111011 In lhr 11·~on In• rea'K'd, l(Ovt•n111wnt bt•g.Vl to lako• a c!Mt>r look nt th~ tt•gion Jn )889, Wol lllOl(lt>ll om< l.dly h<'l'Wlll' th~ tZncJ Mat<>, M •I 'hon I> th•·r• al'tt•r ConJ!l'I• VOll'tl 10 8110< .lit• $710,000 for 200 •ll'fl'S nf l.uul ant! u '1rytlod1 m th•• J>i111l'I llouncl att.1 Aa c-hltf pro11u111·11t of tlu• plunnrd b.'ISC', a11tl 1JOml'Ofl<' r:unlhar wtlh till' rrg1on \\'>•kofT wu rh.'lrgrd "uh buying lhc land for 1he nl'fll(ling hlf>YMI lh w111 nhh lo putt hM<• more th.u1 100 lll'ro'1 CJll th•• north lo<>tl' of lilm I ur lnlrl for $'161260 h thanRlt11tho(wh1tll v.ould .:ml t lw )'111'11 to Inly a hall .a l'f' ol
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• The Sun wishes to thank Louise M Reh and Helen Lou R~a. the aU\ho~ ot "Nlpsle to N1m11Z-A Centennml Hl$tory or Pugot Sound Naval Shipyard,· rrom which this hlstOIY was compiled A aeoonCl plfntl~ of the bOOk ll¥i1l soon bo tlVll lllbio
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laml dunnJ! \\'orhl \\tu II Wy< kofT ornrl11lly look• onunand or th•• l'u11r1 Sound Na\ld s1.11lon In II ( Nl'ntUn)I on S1111 16, 111\11 n• h11 d.mJ!hl<'r So luh ran 1h~ Stan; encl Stn['('S lo th•• top 111 a I Lii ili'(' 1ri1 ~lnfnsbmncht'OI From hls hl'lldq11artl'111 aho,,rcl th.- ff:'llrt'<I C'f>.11 V.Atgunlooot I. s ~1ps1r, \\>o korr11< t In 111011<111 lh<• cnnsln111lon l'flhr &>O-root 10111( dry<lo1·k 11u1hot ll< cl hy I oni:n"'~ lln lie<' 10, 1811' hi~ rld"9! 1lnui;hu 1, Strlla, lumrd •he nnn c;p ,1 fl1l •1f r:uth for
orwnal clrydock took ju,, OH' r thtr<' ) • 'Ill" to Omsh wul <"'"1 $ 1!11. It>.'>. mo('(' thnn '!00,000 Ir 'th,u1l'on!(l'\""~ hod 11u1horl1rd II w1" 1lw lx•glnllh\11 of u lolll{ PSNS tn1dlt1on of 1(1•111ng proJ!'<"I,.. rompl1•trd undt•r hurl~··•
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It hnd tnkrn \\'yc kc>ff I&\t !II" of doll(J;NI drtl'm11ruu1on to l'('Ai1r<> lu' drr:i.m for" Pug,·1 Sound Naval station llu1 l\ls \'bun would ru,1 o rr Thr hn.'\\', "lurh \\ ould l.'ll••r •X'lm r to bt' C'lllll'<l l'l11tt•I S<nmtl Nn\ ttl Sh1p\oll\I \\ l\Ul<I 1tro" to bt'<"nnw om· or th•• n11t1u11'• J1rilh 1 !>311111• •I ynrd and ft kc!¥ pla)U In \\ Oriti m1l1tnr. hi IOI)
LOOKING FOR WORK r\tlhn1111h th•• fututl' \\uultl l>n•\li murh pro,J!l'rll\ 1mct 11111< h \\ork to thr yanl lllrr 1111 end ot th<' sp.ullsh Am rirnn ''ar In IS..~. ·~ l\1tutt lookni I tl\:u1 bf1t:!i1 Only I llhl11' olt>ekro tht ha~ UU11J111 its ftm mom.h.<o In r l'1 II<'<' an.t tm. <It) tlO<'k ShlOol n11>t\ for nionthll nl a tlnw \\ hrn ho t'>\111~ !'ft< k (t r n \1 110 tht> I SH 100 YIAltl1
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