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Title
A69818-1
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- 1952-10-17 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In October of 1952, workers from Hull Floor Company were busy sanding the new eastern maple floor at Adams Roller Bowl, 7455 South Tacoma Way. Roger Adams had announced the October 25th Grand Opening of his new, ultra-modern skating rink. Skaters at the Roller Bowl glided to the strains of the largest pipe organ in the Northwest, built by Balcom & Vaughn of Seattle, on the largest roller skating floor in Washington. The new rink replaced Berg's Roller Bowl Skating Rink at 8006 South Tacoma Way that burned late in December of 1951. The Roller Bowl, a Tacoma landmark, closed in December of 1984. (TNT, 10/24/1952, p.23) TPL-9252
Tacoma Roller Bowl (Tacoma); Skating rinks--Tacoma; Floors--Tacoma;