Photos by Tag: dakota creek
Waterfront bustles with winter activity
Anyone who wonders about the health of the maritime industry in Anacortes needs only visit the Guemes Channel waterfront in downtown Anacortes. Featured here are Wednesday scenes from Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) boatyard and Port of Anacortes docks. B.C. ferry “Coho,” a periodic “client” at DCI, is currently in drydock, visible from Commercial Avenue. Other […]
Movin’ on up
Elevated work on the tug Gene Dunlap, Dakota Creek Industries on the Anacortes waterfront.
Depth markers, Crowley tug
Depth markers, most yet to be painted, on hull of Crowley tug “Guard” at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes.
Winter working waterfront
Like the postal service, weather rarely impedes the work being done at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) on the Anacortes watefront. This image was taken on a moderate sunny Saturday morning. Among those vessels pictured are two ferries and a classic Dunlap tugboat. DCI is a tenant of the Port of Anacortes, a public taxing district […]
Issaquah in dry dock: 2002
State ferry Issaquah out of the water for maintenance, Dakota Creek Industries, Port of Anacortes Pier 1.
Lighting it up: Dakota Creek 2004
It was 17 years ago last month that I took this photo of a welder working on the hull of a boat at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) on the Anacortes waterfront.
Neil Armstrong namesake: 2014 launch
I like this shot of the bow of the “Neil Armstrong,” a research vessel built by our own Dakota Creek Industries. For details, click on link.
Dakota Creek had a busy year
In addition to maintenance and repair work, crews at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) had a busy year with new construction. Pictured here are two tugboats currently being built at the downtown Anacortes shipyard. The Anacortes American reports that work is under way on six 90-foot U.S. Navy tugboats, which are expected to be completed by […]
Financial district
I titled this photo of the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard “financial district” because the Port tenant is a major contributor to the local economy. In the foreground is a working harbor created recently through a public/private partnership. Improvements at the yard are intended to allow DCI to remain competitive for years to come.
Open-ended
It’s almost as though they’ve left the vessel open for our viewing pleasure. Work continues in earnest on this ship at Dakota Creek Industries shipyard, just one block off Commercial Avenue. I’m not sure about vessel particulars, but it’s been fascinating to watch the project come together.
A boat is born
Work begins at Dakota Creek Shipyard on what I believe is the bow section of a boat. Welders work in conjunction with heavy equipment operators as steel sections are cut, positioned and welded into place. Not a bad place to work on a sunny day, given the view and all…
Launch party
While workers climbed the ladder to work Friday on the ferry “Stikine” (foreground), preparations were underway for a launch ceremony to be held at the Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) syncrolift. The privately-owned yacht “Laurel” (background) was launched into the Guemes Channel. The hull of the 236-foot vessel was built by DCI, then barged to Seattle […]