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D47998-10
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- 1950-02-15 (Creation)
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A crane loading freight vans onto a ship for Alaska Freight Lines at Shaffer Terminal #1. Shaffer terminal reported in 1949 that 88 vessels discharged 43,532 tons of general cargo and 4,645,964 board feet of lumber. The most frequent cargo was chrome ore, but also frequently imported were spruce from Alaska and hardwood from the Philippines for furniture processing. For the same year, the terminal reported 83 outbound ships took 40,812 tons of general cargo and 19,662,143 feet of lumber. The largest single item of outbound cargo was pulp and paper from the St. Regis Paper Company. (TNT 2-14-1950 C-11)
Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Marine Terminals--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery; Alaska Freight Lines (Tacoma); Shaffer Terminals, Inc. (Tacoma);