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D34612-46
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- 1948-08 (Creation)
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Dickman Lumber Co. August, 1948, aerial view of plant operations at the Dickman Lumber Co., 2423 Ruston Way, with focus on log booms and stacked lumber. Dickman Lumber was established in 1889 by Abraham Coon Young as the Young Bros. Shingle Mill and was later purchased by Leonard Howarth and Ralph L. Dickman, Sr., in 1922, subsequently being renamed the Dickman Lumber Co. The finished products turned out by the mill were not only used locally but shipped to countries around the world. Dickman Lumber's operations on Ruston Way were closed in September, 1977, and the mill was gutted by fire in January, 1979. Its ruins were demolished in 1997. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 11-13)
Aerial photographs; Dickman Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs;