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2 stories matching millwright

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  1. From Vera Cruz to Seattle: The Improbable Life of Levi F. Compton

    A Mexican War veteran, gold rusher, bridge builder and Odd Fellows patriarch died at his Spring Street home, leaving a civic record that stretched from Virginia slavery to a Chehalis reform school.

    Sep 17, 1894The Seattle Post-Intelligencer211 Spring Street, Seattle

  2. The Alaskan Gold Rush Labor Crisis

    While Seattle’s docks overflow with men seeking their fortune in the north, local mills and employers struggle to find day laborers, leaving jobs unfilled and potential workers desperate.

    Jul 22, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

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  1. The Auld Mill Experiment

    Shingle weavers launch a cooperative, sharing the risks and rewards of their labor during a period of economic uncertainty.

    Sep 17, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. Narrow Escape at the Ballard Mill

    A machinist miraculously survives a terrifying entanglement with a revolving shaft at the Seattle Lumber Company mill.

    May 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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