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Western Pipe and Steel Company

37°40′00″N 122°23′35″W / 37.66669°N 122.39315°W / 37.66669; -122.39315

Western Pipe & Steel
IndustryManufacturing & shipbuilding
Foundedc. 1907
Defunct1945
FateLiquidated
Headquarters,
United States
ProductsShips, iron and steel products
ServicesShip repair

The Western Pipe and Steel Company (WPS) was an American manufacturing company that is best remembered today for its construction of ships for the Maritime Commission in World War II. It also built ships for the U.S. Shipping Board in World War I and took part in the construction of the giant Grand Coulee Dam project in the 1930s.


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