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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D123163-4
Date(s)
- 1959-09-28 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Tests being run on a 70 foot concrete beam constructed by Concrete Technology Corp., photograph ordered by the Lone Star Cement Co. in Seattle. Concrete Technology (or Engineering Co.) was located at 1123 Port of Tacoma Rd. and specialized in prestressed concrete beams and forms. Advantages of the prestressed materials included economy, durability, fire resistance and freedom from corrosion and rot. (TNT 9/7/1959, pg. C-2)
Concrete Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Concrete; Building materials industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;