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2 stories matching boatbuild
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- Lost at the Cape
A young Norwegian boatbuilder and schooner owner vanishes in the heavy seas off Cape Flattery.
- Marine Greyhounds for the Sound
New patrol boats for the Revenue Cutter Service are to be built locally in Port Townsend to crack down on smuggling.
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- Newport Was Building a Fleet on the Pend d'Oreille
Twenty men rushed the steamer Ione while Captain Lanneau's Ruth took shape and ship carpenters arrived from Portland. Newport, the paper boasted, had more shipbuilding underway than any other town in eastern Washington.
- The Boat Builder and the Missing Cornerstone
Courtland Ethridge arrived in Olympia in 1851, built some of its earliest landmarks, and left behind a Masonic hall with a mystery buried under it.
- The Dream of a Boat-Accessible Seattle
Contractor J.J. Cummings prepares to connect the lakes, promising a future where residents can row entirely around the city.