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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D16272-7
Date(s)
- 1943-10-22 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Mill workers and management at Henry Mill & Timber Company, prefabricators of heavy timber structures. The company began in 1925 as a sawmill, but grew during World War II when they specialized in prefabricated structures. They held Army and Navy contracts for cantonments, storehouses, cargo barges and blimp hangars. In October of 1943, workers were photographed preparing lumber for construction. In assembly line precision--the lumber was cut, trimmed, bored and groved, then each finished piece was stenciled (labeled) to fit precisely together on the building site. TPL-9386
Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Prefabricated buildings;