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Chicago Bridge & Iron



​​During World War II, the US Navy selected Eureka as a location for a yard floating dry-dock (YFD) manufacturing plant. ​Helping to minimize the time needed to repair vessels damaged in warfare, YFDs were important to the Pacific Fleet, allowing ships to be raised above the water for renovation. The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, located at the foot of Washington Street from 1942 to 1946, completed 18 YFDs and 6 floating crane barges. More than 7,000 local individuals worked at the plant over the course of 5 years, earning over $20 million collectively.
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We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!


Hours

Tuesday-Saturday, 9-5 
Sunday 11-4
Call for hours as they can change due to staffing.
240 E Street
Eureka, CA
​95501

Telephone

707 443 1947

Email

[email protected]
  • Home
    • Veterans KIA/MIA
    • Women Veterans during WWII
    • War in Humboldt County >
      • War Comes to Humboldt
      • Attack on the S.S. Emidio
      • Civil Defense
      • Naval Air Auxiliary Station
      • Chicago Bridge & Iron
      • LTA Base
      • Klamath Radar Station
      • U.S. Coast Guard
      • Naval Section Base
      • Big Lagoon 12th Naval District Target
      • Italian-American Restriction
    • Honor Flight Portraits