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2 stories matching throw

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  1. The Eight-Hour Law Scuttles a Navy Yard Bid

    A Seattle contractor's low bid for the new Port Orchard dry dock is thrown out by federal officials because of changing labor regulations.

    Aug 10, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay

  2. The 75-Year-Old Whistling-Buoy Inventor Comes to Fit the Navy's 600-Ton Gate

    James Bigler, who has built the giant steel caissons in every government dry dock in the country, arrives on Puget Sound to assemble the mammoth gate for the Port Orchard dock — a 600-ton steel vessel shipped in pieces around Cape Horn.

    Jul 29, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · Local Legends

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