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Item
Title
D36783-2
Date(s)
- 1948-12-03 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Rainier Steel Corporation was incorporated in July 1948, the first steel was poured on December 3, 1948; the incorporated value of the plant is $200,000. The plant is only operating at 50%, at this time, the full capacity of the plant will be 100 tons per day. This Tacoma industry is helping fill the demands of the national steel shortage, most of the steel produced in Tacoma is being sold to automobile companies in Detroit, Michigan. View of unidentified steel worker checking the controls on the equipment (T. Times, 12/13/48, p. 5).
Foundries--Tacoma; Founding--Tacoma; Iron & steel workers--Tacoma; Steel; Steel industry--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Rainier Steel Corp. (Tacoma);