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Title
D17122-2
Date(s)
- 1944-03-07 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In 1942, Coast Carbon, Inc., the brainchild of a group of Tacomans headed by James Louttit, built a revolutionary type of wood carbonizing plant on Day Island to produce industrial grade charcoal. Operated by the Wenatchee Alley Corp., on the site of the old Clear Fir Lumber Co. mill, they used mill refuse to produce high grade charcoal, tar, turpentine and other essential oils. This photograph of the plant was taken in March of 1944.
Charcoal making--Tacoma; Coast Carbon (Tacoma); Day Island;