Western Pipe and Steel Company
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37.66669°N 122.39315°W / 37.66669; -122.39315
Quick Facts Industry, Founded ...
Industry | Manufacturing & shipbuilding |
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Founded | c. 1907 |
Defunct | 1945 |
Fate | Liquidated |
Headquarters | , United States |
Products | Ships, iron and steel products |
Services | Ship repair |
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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.