ca. 1932. Houston Treated Wood Street Gutters being installed in Tacoma. Example of old style nailed box gutter on North 31st Street after a few years of service. Homes at 2901 and 2903 No. 31st St. in the background. The "Houston Fabricated Street Gutters" were manufactured by the Houston Treated Wood Co., owned by Tacoman Ross Houston, and were patented in the US and Canada. (Filed with Argentum)

Gutters (Streets)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Residential streets--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Houston Fabricated Street Gutters (Tacoma); Houston Treated Wood Co. (Tacoma); Then & now comparisons;