IMAGE SOURCES for this page & video

Lake Union Drydock & Machine Works, LUDC Collection

LUDC Worker Hammers Propellor, 2012, video still by Vaun Raymond

Hiram Chittenden Locks, Washington State Archives

Lake Union Becomes Big Market for Boats & Ships, Seattle Sunday Times, March 21, 1920, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Along the Waterfront, Seattle Daily Times, Thursday Evening, May 15, 1919, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

John McLean & Otis Cutting portraits from Seattle Daily Times, Friday, July 26, 1929, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Harry Jones portrait, LUDC collection

Shriners Parade, Seattle, 1915

Smile with Nile flag from Nile Shrine Temple, Mountlake Terrace

Plan of Otis Cutting’s Klootchman, Pacific Motor Boat Magazine, December, 1910

Lawana in the Ballard Locks, 1926, courtesy of Classic Yacht Association

Senator Wesley Jones

Records of the U.S. Congress, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Harry Jones & his sons, courtesy of the Jones Family

Aerial View of Lake Union Drydock, LUDC Collection

Group photo of Lake Union Drydock workers, 1930, LUDC Collection

Ford Motor Company Assembly Line, 1928, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

McKay Company Messengers outside of the Ford Automobile Plant, Seattle, 1929, University of Washington Special Collections SEA2851

“Dreamboat,” An Economical 40-Footer, Pacific Motor Boat Magazine, Oct. 1926

Nation Voted Bone Dry, Seattle Daily Times, Thursday Evening, Jan. 16, 1919, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Rum Boat Crew Brought Here, Seattle Daily Times, Sunday Morning, Feb. 17, 1926, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Captured Booze Boat, Seattle Daily Times, Saturday, Nov. 21, 1925, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

First Fleet of Rum Chasers Ready for Launching, Seattle Daily Times, Sunday Morning, August 17, 1924, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Canim, courtesy of Martin Sutter

Electra, courtesy of Classic Yacht Association

Blue Peter, old postcard

Principia, courtesy of Classic Yacht Association

Deck of Canim, photo by Neil Rabinowitz, courtesy of Martin Sutter

Blue Peter, courtesy of Chuck Barbo

W.T. Preston, 1940, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

W.T. Preston in Operation, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sternwheeler W.T. Preston Docked at Foster Island Disposal Site, 1975, photographer, Don Wallen, University of Washington Special Collections, MPH918

W.T. Preston in her Dry Berth in Anacortes, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Employees of Lake Union Drydock & Machine Works, June 20, 1934, courtesy of LUDC

Circe to Sail Pacific, photo by A. M. Nickels, courtesy of Stan Ketch

Fighting Ships for Fighting Men, produced by Todd Shipyards & Northwest Motion Pictures

Keel Laid Here for Seaplane Tender, Seattle Times, Monday, June 30, 1941

Aerial View of Harbor Island, courtesy of Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Archives, Port of Seattle Collection

YMSs & USS Mindanao after Mt. Hood Explosion, 1944, courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center

George & Jennie Stebbins, courtesy of John Stebbins

Jim Francis, George Stebbins, John Stebbins, courtesy of LUDC

Lake Union Firm Launches Second Minesweeper, Seattle Times, August 15, 1952, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Aerial View Showing Air Docks, courtesy of LUDC

Snow at Lake Union Drydock Company, courtesy of LUDC

A 14 Acre Seattle “Ship Hospital,” Seattle Times, Monday Morning, March 17, 1929, courtesy of Seattle Public Library

Floating Drydock Under Tow, courtesy of U.S. Navy

Navy Boat in Floating Drydock, courtesy of U.S. Navy

Drydock tipped in Chittenden Locks, courtesy of LUDC

USS Turner Joy, courtesy of Wikimedia

Virginia V at Lake Union Drydock Company, courtesy of Virginia V Foundation

Workers Repairing Hull of Virginia V, courtesy of Virginia V Foundation