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Title: Seattle and the Orient
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bowen, Alfred D
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Publisher: Seattle, Wash. : Times Print. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ed to the position desired, all in sp:attle and the orient. 53 the space of a very few moments.Everything is conducted in order toexpedite time and for the relief ofgreat bodily exertion. Passing through the machine shopone comes first to the copper smithshop, vvhere the various articles in useabout a ship are constructed. In therear of this shop are the store rooms,where all conceivable articles of ma-rine hardware are stored. Still fur-ther south of this is the pipe-fittingworks, and across an open driveway principal reason being that the articlespurchased are not of the high standardor equal to those they can manufac-ture. When one has reached the pat-tern shop they have practically finishedwith that portion of the shops erectedat the organization of the company.Between this space and the new boilershops there is a warehouse and ashed; to the left of this is the black-smith shop, in which the heavy forgingand various other work is done. Prob-ably the most interesting place to visit
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Where They Build Steel Suits. is the brass or copper foundry. Stillfarther along is the pattern shop andfurniture factory. The visitor wouldprobably be surprised when he is toldthat in the furniture factory practi-cally everything in the shape of woodwork or furniture to be used in fittingout the interior of a ship is construct-ed. Even such articles as the wheelsin use, the settees and other innumer-able articles. The company, no doubt,could purchase these things as cheaplyas they could make them, but it doesnot follow out their line of policy; the is the shop one will enter from thispoint—the new boiler works. This isa portion of the new works which iscontemplated and for which plans havebeen drawn some little time. Thebuilding is built after the most im-proved plan and is most substantiallyconstructed, having plenty of light androom enough for carrying on all workswithout obstruction, and so arrangedthat machinery will work to the utmostadvantage. Running the full length ofthis s

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