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A88591-2
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- 1955-02-15 (Creation)
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Certain-teed Products Corp. new plant located on an 11 acre site at 1718 Thorne Rd. in the Tideflats area. Certain-teed manufactured asphalt roll roofing and shingles, gypsum lath, sheathing and wallboard, fiberglass, building and roof insulation and asbestos shingles. Edward M. Costello was the plant manager. The large double building on the right is the 32,000 sq. ft. warehouse, the one in the center is the 16,000 sq. ft. factory and the one on the left is the machine shop. Smoke stacks can be seen in the back of the photo rising from the asphalt preparation area. There were five asphalt preparation stills. The plant went into full scale production in June of 1955. It employed 30, with plans to expand to a full component of 90 employees. Company headquarters were in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, with 16 plants located throughout the country. Certain-teed was one of the largest manufacturers of asphalt roofing products and one of the oldest, established shortly after the start of the century. (TNT 2/20/1955, pg. B-8, 6/20/1955, pg.2, 7/8/1955, pg. A-8)
Certain-teed Products Corp. (Tacoma); Building materials industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;