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Boeing, 1929

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-2344. Photo Start Thomson. 1929 Boeing Establishing a local presence, Boeing opened up shop in 1929 in the former Hoffar-Beeching Shipyard.
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City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-2344. Photo Start Thomson.City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-2344. Photo Start Thomson.

1929

Boeing

Establishing a local presence, Boeing opened up shop in 1929 in the former Hoffar-Beeching Shipyard. On order were B1Es— “flying boats”—and a luxury yacht, the Taconite, built for William Boeing.

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