Lumber has already been loaded onto Foss Launch & Tug Co. barges while large poles remain scattered on acreage belonging to City Lumber Co., 1001 E. "F" St. in February of 1923. The plant was located near the foot of the 11th St. Bridge (now Murray Morgan Bridge) and was headed by P.H. Johns as president and general manager. G36.1-045; BU14,076

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At 11p.m. on March 16, 1940, a raging fire razed the City Lumber Company at 1001 E. F St. The plant covered nearly an acre near the east end of the 11th Street Bridge. The sheds and the planing mill were completely destroyed and only one small office building remained. The huge blaze attracted thousands of spectators as eight trucks and two ladder companies, totaling 50 men, battled the fire for an hour. In the photograph, four firefighters douse the flames on the skeletal remains of a two-story building. (T. Times 3/18/1940, pg. 1)

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