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| Title | Todd Shipyard fire, Seattle, October 21, 1964 |
| Photographer | Hertz, Stuart B.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1964 |
| Caption | Nearly 200 firemen and dozens of sailors and shipyard workers battled a four-alarm fire at the Todd Shipyard on Harbor Island. A small fire began at the end of Pier 7 and quickly spread to an adjoining drydock, where the U.S. Navy destroyer Marshall was docked for an overhaul. The spectacular blaze also endangered another Navy vessel and the Washington State Ferry Kalakala, both undergoing work at the yard. Although the fire lasted for over four hours, the Marshall sustained little damage, and no one was critically injured.
In this image, shipyard workers and sailors carry an injured man away from the Todd Shipyard fire. In the background, firefighters keep flames away from the Destroyer Marshall on Drydock No. 2. |
| Notes | Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
Date photograph was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: October 22, 1964. |
| Subjects | Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Disasters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Rescue workers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sailors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Harbor Island (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.3131.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
