1623 E J ST, TACOMA

Carsten Packing Company Pork House, Sheet 11

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1922

One of 18 available technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company, created by P.V. Cornils, in-house architect for the company, circa 1922.

Carsten Packing Coolers and Shipping Office, Sheet 9

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Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 19

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 20

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 0092711

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Coolers and Shipping Office

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1922

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

One of 16 available technical drawings created for the Carsten Packing Company, created by P.V. Cornils, the company's in-house architect, circa 1922.

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 1

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 2

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 7

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 17

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 5

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 9

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir, Sheet 10

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Carsten Packing Company Abattoir

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6/10/1939

Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection

Series of 21 technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company created by the Henschien, Everds & Crombie Architects & Engineers firm on June 10, 1939. The company was based in Chicago, Illinois at 59 East Van Buren St. and they specialized in meat processing plants. The company also designed packing plans for the Frye & Co. plant in Seattle and Oscar Mayer in Iowa City. The Carsten Packing Company had been active since 1897. In 1954, the company was sold to an Eastern firm and renamed to the Hi-Grade Packing Co. In 1990, executives in Seattle closed the Tacoma processing plant and on October 24, 1996 the structure was destroyed by fire.