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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A30553-4
Date(s)
- 1947-11-21 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Hooker Electrochemical plant workman is filling a chemical storage tank, marked Detrex Corporation, the Toledo "No Springs, Honest Weight" scale indicates the tank weighs 550 pounds, the weight capacity is 1,000 pounds. Detrex Corporation and Hooker Electrochemical Company had recently merged, making the chemical industry in Tacoma larger and stronger.
Weights & measures--Tacoma; Scales; Scientific equipment--Tacoma; Measuring--Tacoma; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Toledo Scale Co. (Tacoma);