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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A48002-1
Date(s)
- 1950-02-27 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Exterior of the Griffin Wheel Company plant at 5202 So. Proctor Street. Started in Chicago in 1887 by T.F. Griffin, the company made chilled wheels for freight cars. The Tacoma plant was established in south Tacoma in 1897 after acquiring the property of the American Foundry Company.
Industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Griffin Wheel Co. (Tacoma); Wheels;