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Seattle Star in Seattle, Washington

15 Sep 1917

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Seattle Star

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Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1917

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2

Air powered shipyard conveyor speeds Seattle construction

David Rodgers, a veteran shipbuilder, devised an overhead cable conveyor that lifts ten tons of steel to 100 feet and moves it 200 feet to the work site in two minutes. Adopted by Skinner & Eddy in Seattle, the system spreads across the West Coast with rivals joking at first then adopting the device for faster cargo carrier and warship building. Rodgers, born in Ireland, trained at Belfast Harlan & Wolf yards and has overseen ships from New York to San Francisco.

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Rodgers D. BE. Skinner J. W., Eddy Skinner & Eddy Skinner& Eddy Dave Rodgers Puget Sound Carrick Pergun Ireland Harlan & Wolf Yards Belfast New York San Francisco Seattle Great Britain Russia Japan
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Mystery Ships and Hush-Boats Stir Naval Imagination

Descriptions of enigmatic vessels called mystery ships and hush-boats circulate as Britain’s Grand Fleet receives new ship types. Reports hint at secret wielding of naval power, with King George inspecting two unknown vessel types during a June visit. The secrecy and public curiosity frame a broader wartime curiosity alongside a separate note on women buying furs in Cleveland amid heat.

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England George Grand Fleet
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M. H. Houser Board OF Trade Building Portland, Oregon Rer Sidney National Steel Albert Kelly Mgr Frontenac ST Seattle, Wash Pacific Coast F. S. Lang Fisher America Minneapolis Fisher Flouring Mills Company David Rodgers London Mall Germany Cleveland Mercury Colman Dock Colman Dock Company W.A. Ward & Co Carlisle Packing Company Cordova Alaska Lummi Island L. C. Smith Cable Carlisle Vancouver B. C Dominion Great Tower Street Eigtved
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