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A16272-12
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- 1943-10-22 (Creation)
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Mill workers and management at Henry Mill & Timber Company, prefabricators of heavy timber structures. The company began in 1925 as a sawmill and started fabricating structures with caisson panels for the first Narrows Bridge. At the beginning of World War II, Henry Mill was filling Army and Navy contracts for cantonments, shipyards and storehouses. They designed and built cargo barges and prefabricated massive navy blimp hangars. The large cranes behind the group are used to unload timber and load finished products onto railroad cars and ship. Each piece of lumber is processed In assembly line precision--the lumber is cut, trimmed, bored and groved, then each finished piece is stenciled (labeled) to fit precisely together on the building site. TPL-6399
Group portraits--1940-1950; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated buildings; Hoisting machinery;