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4 unusual facts about Kaiser Shipyards


Kaiser Shipyards

Fields Point in Providence, Rhode Island, had a shipyard temporarily run by Kaiser-Walsh when the former management ran into difficulties.

His son, Edgar Kaiser, Sr was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of the shipyards.

Man from Frisco

The lead character is said to be based on the real-life Henry J. Kaiser, and the film is set in the Kaiser Shipyards.

New York City Subway rolling stock

During World War II, a group of old New York elevated line cars dating from the late 19th century was sent west to the San Francisco Bay Area by the United States Maritime Commission for use by the Shipyard Railway, a temporary wartime electric line transporting workers to the Kaiser Shipyards.



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Dody Weston Thompson

She also worked as a freighter riveter at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California across the Bay from San Francisco.