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File:SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle, November 10, 1917 (MOHAI 8944).jpg

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English: SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, November 10, 1917   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, November 10, 1917
Description
English:

David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers' management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S. war effort than any other American shipyard. This image of the SS David Rodgers shows several men working on the keel. Launched on February 9, 1918, the ship was in service as a freighter until 1951.

Photograph is part of an album titled "Photographs. S. S. David Rodgers" Caption on photo: Hull No 16, Date November 10 - 1917, Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, U. S. A.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Boat and ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 10 November 1917
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on linen: b&w
Dimensions height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
8944
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
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.
Credit Line
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MOHAI, Collection on David Rodgers, 2009.56.136

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