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| Title | Image of Lake Washington Shipyards, Kirkland, 1945. |
| Date | ca. 1945 |
| Notes | The Lake Washington Shipyards was mobilized for production for the United States Navy during World War II, building submarine net tenders and seaplane tenders, as well as repairing warships for allies as well as for the U.S. This photograph shows the dramatic size of the mobilized shipyard on Kirkland's lakeshore, employing more than eight thousand workers. This brochure was included in the Real Property Case File and was created as part of the shipyard disposal process by the War Assets Administration at the war's end. Today, this site includes the multi-use development of Carillon Point. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact NARA; National Archives and Records Administration, 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 98115 susan.karren@nara.gov. |
| Credit Line | National Archives and Records Administration; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | tri-fold brochure 25-1/2"" x 11"" |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
