According to the 1958 City Directory, longtime Shell Oil district manager Lawrence Hausam had his offices on the Tideflats at 702 East D Street. The plant had been built in late 1949. All of Shell's receiving, packaging, and distribution facilities in the area were consolidated at the new waterfront terminal. View of exterior of plant; water transportation and rail facilities were close at hand. A warning sign posted on one building advised drivers to check the railroad tracks before backing up to prevent accidents. Photograph ordered by Shell Oil Co.

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Shell Oil, Mayor and Company officers. Officials of the Shell Oil Company greeted hundreds of guests at their open house November 1, 1949, marking the opening of their new Tacoma distribution terminal. Mayor C.V. Fawcett was on hand to congratulate them on their fine new plant. L-R, J.E. Pendergast of Seattle, J.S. Morse of San Francisco, Mayor Fawcett, L.H. Hausam, Tacoma district manager, and G.S. Redman of Seattle. (TNT, 11/4/1949, p.B-3)

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Shell Oil Company had their offices at 1404 Center Street and their plants on 702 East D Street and on 539 East E Street. View of Shell Oil Company's storage tanks, this plant was located at 702 East D Street in Tacoma's tideflats area.

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Shell Oil Company, Incorporated had their offices located at 1404 Center Street, their industrial plant at 539 East E Street, and several privately owned Shell Stations throughout Tacoma. Shell Oil Company had recently expanded their facilities by building a new plant in the Tacoma tideflats area, at 702 East D Street. Exterior view of office area at the 702 East D Street plant.

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View of new industrial facilities for Shell Oil Company, Incorporated; Shell Oil storage tanks in background and a filling station with "No Smoking" sign for oil trucks in foreground; oil truck on left side.

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Shell Oil Company's new Tacoma waterfront terminal opened to visitors November 1, 1949, at East D and 7th Streets, marking another step in the company's $6 million expansion program. L.H. Hausam, Shell's district manager, announced the company wanted to keep pace with Tacoma's growing population and improve distribution of petroleum for the community. All of Shell's receiving, packaging and distribution facilities in the area were consolidated at the new plant. (TNT, 11/1/1949, p.6 and p.7)

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Shell Oil Company, Incorporated had their offices located at 1404 Center Street, their industrial plant at 539 East E Street, and several privately owned Shell Stations throughout Tacoma. Shell Oil Company was about to begin building a new plant in the Tacoma tideflats area, at 702 East D Street. View of Shell Oil Company officials meeting with Mayor C. Val Fawcett (right) on May 6, 1949; they are reviewing the building plans for the future site of Shell Oil Company.

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