The Ames company is located at 26th Ave. S.W. and W. Hanford; Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging at 2742 16th Ave. S.W.
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Boat &amp; ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Industrial facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Wetlands--Washington (State)--Seattle</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (Seattle, Wash.); Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company (Seattle, Wash.)</li></ul><hr>
According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17807">Ames Shipbuilding &amp; Drydock Company Record Books, Museum of History &amp; Industry, Seattle</a> Ames was founded in 1916, and located on the West Waterway of the Duwamish, at 26th Avenue SW [part of what is now Terminal 5 in West Seattle]. They  produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the US Shipping Board in the World War I period; the company lasted until 1956, and the related Ames Terminal Company, a cargo-handling facility, lasted into the 1960s.
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