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Item
Title
A88591-4
Date(s)
- 1955-02-15 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Certain-teed Products Corp. new plant at 1718 Thorne Rd. in the Tideflats area. Certain-teed manufactured asphalt roofing materials, gypsum lath and wallboard, fiberglas building and roof insulation and asbestos shingles. Edward M. Costello was the plant manager. This photo shows the warehouse on the right with what appear to be railroad cars at the rear. The center building is the factory and the smaller left hand building houses the machine shop and the locker room. The plant went into full production in June of 1955 with 30 employees. (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;