The Jefferson Prepares for its Launching
Engineer George Lent prepares for the upcoming launch of the steamer Jefferson at the Port Townsend shipyards.
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George Lent, supervising engineer of the Alaska Steamship company, was in the city yesterday, inspecting the steamer Jefferson. 'The bad weather has delayed us in our work to a great extent,' said he, 'but the ship is going in the water on the evening of April 2, just the same, and the people of Port Townsend are coming down to witness the launching. If the crowd is too large for the Dolphin, we will send the Alice Gertrude along. The steamers will land at the Eleventh street bridge, and from there it will not be much of a walk to the yard.' Constructor Heath will begin work on the ways for launching the Jefferson the first part of next week. At present there are about 85 men employed on the vessel.
“The ship is going in the water on the evening of April 2, just the same.”
Tacoma's historic relationship with maritime industry and the shipping trades remains a defining aspect of the city's identity. Today, the Eleventh Street Bridge area has been reclaimed by infrastructure and industrial changes, marking a significant evolution from the bustling, boat-heavy waterways of 1904.
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