❖ 4 Million Dollars worth of DRYDOCK ❖ 1954

The largest concrete drydock built to date in the USA.
Seattle, WA. 1954.
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Original wire photo from the archives of the
Saltwater People Historical Society©

Tugs slowly inch a huge 400-foot floating dry dock, made of enough concrete to cover an acre of ground five inches thick. Through the drawbridges in Seattle, en route to a shipyard for fittings. The $4,157,000 oceanic dock, the largest of its kind ever built in this country, will be turned over to the Navy after being outfitted with necessary equipment, including crew's quarters and gun emplacements.