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D23332-7
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- 1946-08-16 (Creation)
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Nalley's opened a new potato chip factory which houses a continuous chip frier. Only Kennebec potatoes were used by Nalley's to make potato chips. After harvesting the potatoes were held in a tempering room until the sugar content reverted, through natural processes, to starch. They were then dropped by a lift truck into a hopper where they began their journey along conveyor belts for washing, peeling, inspection, slicing, and rinsing. Chips were dropped into a long kettle where an employee controled the speed at which the chips were propelled through the hot oil. Here potato chips come down a conveyor belt and are reviewed by two workers for quality. The chips continue through a machine with a hood and then out of sight on the left. The factory contained a 10,000 gallon fuel tank to supply potato chip friers and two 5,000 gallon salad oil tanks. Three large air conditioned rooms stored the chips. (T.Times, 8/28/1946, p.5; Christian Science Monitor, 9/27/1958, p.10)
Nalleys, Inc. (Tacoma); Potato chips; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;