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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A139670-4
Date(s)
- 1963-10-23 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Porta Tower in operation at the Cotten Bros. logging site in Packwood on October 23, 1963. Used as portable steel spur trees, "Porta Towers" were manufactured by Star Iron & Steel Co. of Tacoma for use in the logging industry. Star Iron & Steel was well known for their cranes and specialized equipment which included hydraulic presses, log barkers, radio and television towers, and chip handling buckets. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.
Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Steel; Hoisting machinery; Logs;