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Skansie Shipbuilding Company (Gig Harbor)

The Skansie Shipbuilding Company, formerly located at 3207 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, in western Pierce County, was a South Sound shipbuilding powerhouse in the 1910s and 1920s. Established in 1912...

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4 Timeline Entries

Port Townsend Post Office, Court and Customs House opens on March 1, 1893.

On March 1, 1893, the Port Townsend Post Office, Court and Customs House opens. The building, located at 1322 Washington Street, occupies a prominent location on the bluff overlooking Port Townsend an...

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Skansie Shipbuilding Company of Gig Harbor launches the new ferry Defiance on January 16, 1927.

On January 16, 1927, the Skansie Shipbuilding Company launches the Defiance, a new ferry to run on the Washington Navigation Company's route between Point Defiance in Tacoma and Gig Harbor across the ...

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Camas post office opens on October 1, 1939.

On October 1, 1939, the Camas Main Post Office opens. Camas is located in Clark County on the north bank of the Columbia River. Following the official opening, on October 5, the post office hosts an o...

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Seattle's Queen Anne Post Office opens in 1965.

The Queen Anne Post Office in Seattle, Washington, opens for business in 1965. Architect Thomas Albert Smith of Seattle designs the building in the Modernist style of New Formalism. At the time of its...

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