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Item
Title
A1398-0
Date(s)
- 1926 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
ca. 1926. A furnace manufactured by the Gabriel Tubular Furnace Co., circa 1926, in Tacoma. The company had been lured from Seattle and relocated to 1117 Tacoma Ave So. , where the furnaces would be manufactured under the supervision of the Gehri Co. The Gehri Co. was a pioneer sheet metal and blower works founded by Adolph Gehri in 1892. G.F. Gehri was president and Ernst Feix was the secretary-treasurer. The Gabriel Tubular furnace innovative heating method was invented by A.A. Gabriel of Portland. (TDL 5/2/1926, pg. E-10) (WSHS)
Gabriel Tubular Furnace Co. (Tacoma); Furnaces;