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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1895 | 1 |
1 story matching foundrymen
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- A Seattle Foundry Rises From the Great Fire’s Ashes
After the 1889 Great Seattle Fire destroyed Moran Brothers’ Yesler Avenue works, the machinists rebuilt on the tide flats within a week—and soon won a contract for machinery in U.S. naval dry docks.
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- A Final Shift at the Foundry
A Union veteran's tragic death while returning to work reflects the precarious nature of labor and health in 1878 Seattle.
- The Unwelcome Discovery at the Foundry
While excavating for a new skeleton for the foundry, workmen unearthed a human skull and long bones, a grim reminder of history beneath Seattle's industrial soil.
- Fifty Turns on the Shaft: A Foundry Apprentice's Miraculous Escape
Nineteen-year-old Charles Meydenbauer was caught in the shafting at Moran's foundry, spun fifty times twenty feet above the floor—and lived to describe it.
- The Foundry That Rose From Seattle’s Ashes
Burned out in the Great Seattle Fire, J. M. Frink’s iron works rebuilt on Grant Street and kept supplying the city’s machinery.
- Foundry Workers Strike for Bi-Weekly Pay
Foundry employees walk off the job at Almond & Phillips after management consistently fails to meet the 10th-of-the-month payday.
- The Tragedy at Washington Foundry
A local machinist is killed on the job, leaving behind a grieving family and a community in shock.
- The Ghost of the Old Foundry
A group of boys wreak havoc in a derelict Seattle building, leaving neighbors to wonder about the city's crumbling youth management.
- Mayor Hunt's Foundry Fix
The city’s mayor stands accused of forcing a conflict-of-interest contract for ironwork to his own foundry, costing taxpayers dearly.