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Item
Title
A18647-5
Date(s)
- 1945-01-21 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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The Ohio Ferro Alloys Co. started a new metal alloys plant in July 1941 on the tideflats at 3002 Taylor Way. They produced fluxes and alloys that could be used in steel manufacturing. Attracted to Tacoma by our access to both water and rail, and by cheap electricity, Ohio Ferro produced ferro-chrome alloys that were used for armor plate on tanks and other weapons during the war. They eventually ceased operations due to increasing power rates and foreign competition.
Furnaces--Tacoma; Metallurgical industry--Tacoma; Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp. (Tacoma);