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How Tacoma’s working waterfront—rails, cranes, and unions—shaped a city

Creating Tacoma Series Bricks, Rails & Rain: Tacoma’s Working Waterfront From tideflat mornings to union halls and cleanup wins, how the waterfront’s rails, cranes, and crews built a city. The tideflats: where rails meet hull plates and the day starts early. (Credit: local archives / attribution) Before dawn, the tideflats breathe steam. Switch crews line cuts of cars, gantry cranes …

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