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| | Maritime Heritage Network - Stories |
 | | The sprawling facility, located next to the city of Bremerton on Sinclair Inlet, was established in 1891, and it continues to serve the US Navy today. |
 | | McCurdy was a shipbuilder, bridge builder, civic leader, native Washingtonian, and a supporter of maritime research and maritime collecting in the Pacific Northwest. |
 | | As Seattle’s city engineer in the early 20th century, he leveled hills, straightened and dredged waterways, reclaimed tide flats, built sewers, sidewalks, tunnels, and bridges, and paved roads, giving the city its current shape. |
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