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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D102514-1
Date(s)
- 1956-10-21 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Aerial view of General Metals of Tacoma Inc. The company was located at 1919 Canal (now Portland Ave.) It was established in 1954 and specialized in scrap recovery and junk dealing. Leslie P. Sussman was the company president. General Metals is located to the north of bottom bridge next to the Puyallup River. Railroad tracks and open freight cars stand amid huge piles of metal. The large complex of buildings with the log boom pond at the top of the photos is St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.
General Metals of Tacoma Inc. (Tacoma); Junkyards--Tacoma; Salvage--Tacoma; Metals; Aerial photographs;