The new Bethel Junior High School under construction in May, 1958, combined the use of fabricated steel, brick, cement and glass materials. Here a worker in hard hat and overalls is shown climbing to possibly inspect the steel trusses. Wood car decking would be added to the roof. The long-awaited steel had finally arrived for the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade wings and for the gym, hallway and shop building. The school was designed to house 600 students. The school district hoped to open in Fall, 1958. The lunchroom, shop, gym were scheduled to be finished last; the first urgency was for the classrooms to be completed. Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel's fabrication plant in Seattle was responsible for cutting, punching, drilling, bending and machining the structural steel and plates prior to erection. Each column or girder is carefully marked to show its exact place in the completed structure before it is shipped to the erection site. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Bethlehem Pacific Steel in the Northwest, Booklet #361, c. 1954, TNT 5-4-58, B-4)

Progress photographs; Building construction--Spanaway--1950-1960; Public schools--Spanaway--1950-1960;