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- 2 images. Olin Corp. Aluminum Plant Woodworth & Co. / Roy T. Early Co., contr. Graham Steel, construction manager -construction started 1/25/1942 -first metal cast 9/10/1942 TNT 7/12/1941 Great things seen in big new plant here TNT 7/16/1941 p.1 Aluminum plant is certain TNT 8/27/1941 p.1 Holds up Tacoma plant TNT 8/29/1941 p.1 OPM site amazes, dazes (il) TNT 8/31/1941 p.1 Aluminum plant assured TNT 10/8/1941 p.19 Aluminum plant nears TNT 10/20/1941 p.1 Rush new Tacoma plant TNT 10/21/1941 p.1 Tideflat site picked for aluminum plant TNT 10/22/1941 p.1 Cut tape to rush plant TNT 11/26/1941 p.1 Olin plant plans are enlarged TNT 1/24/1942 p.1 Start plant on Monday TNT 1/29/1942 p.1 Tacoma firms to build big aluminum plant TNT 2/20/1942 p.13 Dirt is flying to new plant foundation TNT 4/21/1942 p.B4 Aluminum plant taking shape fast TNT 7/14/1942 p.1 Tacoma aluminum plant ready soon TNT 9/4/1942 p.34 Aluminum plant open TNT 9/11/1944 Celebrate 2d birthday T.Times 9/15/1944 Aluminum plant in Tacoma enters its third year TNT 11/12/1945 p.1 Olin plant will close TNT 4/15/1946 p.1 Kaiser may bid on Tacoma Olin plant TNT 11/29/1946 p.1 Kaiser buys Tacoma's Olin plant TNT 11/30/1946 p.1 Tacoma aluminum plant to hum again (il) TNT 12/6/1946 Plant sold to Kaiser (Kaiser Aluminum, Permanente Metals Corp.) ----- Kaiser Aluminum -purchased by Permanente Metals Corp. in Feb. 1947 -production started 10/27/1947 -name changed from Permanente to Kaiser Aluminum & Chemicals Corp. in 1949 -closed June 1958 -reopened in 1964 -permanently closed in 2002 TNT 12/17/1946 p.1 Kaiser will spend million here TNT 10/23/1947 p.1 Aluminum mill open Oct. 31 TNT 10/31/1947 p.1 Aluminum plant here starts up TNT 11/1/1947 p.1 Metal flows again ... TNT 2/17/1948 p.A5 (ad,interior il) TNT 10/28/1948 p.1 Aluminum pig used as stove at big party (1st anniversary) TNT 1/23/1949 p.C8 Factories here using metal produced in local plant TNT 11/9/1949 p.A12 Permanente to change name (to Kaiser Aluminum & Chemicals Corp.) TNT 6/25/1950 p.B3 "Robin on my window sill" (il) TNT 12/14/1950 p.A2 Kaiser Aluminum now boasts seven plants TNT 12/16/1950 p.6 Aluminum processing exacting and delicate TNT 2/13/1951 Metalurgical industries ... (il) TNT 2/26/1952 p.1 Kaiser to expand here TNT 3/30/1952 p.C15 OK Kaiser expansion TNT 11/2/1952 Kaiser Aluminum boosts Tacoma output (il) TNT 9/9/1955 p.A1 Kaiser firm will expand Tacoma plant TNT 10/5/1955 p.A1 Kaiser plant slates huge expansion TNT 10/11/1955 p.1 Big Kaiser expansion contracts let TNT 12/20/1955 p.15 Our town '56 (sketch of new shed) TNT 2/12/1956 p.A2 Kaiser expands (il of addition under construction) TNT 3/18/1956 p.A1 City industries grow apace (il) TNT 4/16/1956 p.21 Kaiser adds new facilities (il) TNT 9/3/1956 p.C8 Tacoma aluminum plant gets big capacity boast (interior il) TNT 9/5/1956 p.D12 Kaiser plant flexing new set of "muscles" TNT 1/29/1957 p.10 Idle pot line (interior il) TNT 3/24/1957 p.A1 New clue to dead herring TNT 11/17/1957 p.B5 Aluminum plant reaches 10-year mark (interior il) TNT 4/1/1958 p.1 Kaiser plant to shut down here May 1 TNT 5/13/1958 p.D1 Kaiser plant wins reprieve - won't close TNT 5/27/1958 p.A11 Kaiser plant will close down June 1 TNT 10/28/1960 p.4 Tideflat Tillie finally gives up solitary life TNT 9/24/1961 p.B4 Kaiser Tacoma plant to get improvements TNT 7/22/1964 p.A1 Kaiser plant to reopen Tacoma plant (aerial il) TNT 9/20/1964 p.C17 300 getting "pots" ready at Kaiser site (interior il) TNT 11/2/1964 p.B2-B5 Kaiser plant here to begin operations (il) TNT 11/15/1964 p.A9 First aluminum shipment from plant going to concern in England (interior il) TNT 1/13/1965 p.D3 Kaiser plant manager gets Ford award TNT 1/17/1965 p.B5 (permit taken for addition and alterations) TNT 2/17/1965 p.A1 Three men hurt in collapse of structure (il) TNT 10/7/1965 p.A1 Kaiser, Port sign big cargo pact TNT 11/13/1966 p.D19 Tacoma's changing skyline (il of alumina dome) TNT 1/15/1967 p.B13 (permit taken for mechanized rammer installation) TNT 1/15/1967 p.B14 Kaiser plans addition to local plant TNT 4/2/1967 p.A17 (permit for $25,000 slab for furnace) TNT 6/23/1967 p.7 Shipload of alumina due at port (aerial il) TNT 6/28/1967 p.A1 Bucket, belt unload first alumina here TNT 6/30/1967 p.A1 New Tacoma plant key in Kaiser plans (aluminum rod plant addition) (aerial il) TNT 8/6/1967 p.B15 (permit taken for piling foundation) TNT 10/1/1967 p.B14 (permit for expansion taken) TNT 1/7/1968 p.B10 The mood of Tacoma (il) TNT 3/31/1968 p.C16 (permit taken for air control stack) TNT 4/11/1968 p.A12 Port dome $90,500 job awarded (alumina dome by Marshall, Barr & Pacquer of Seattle, arch.) (sketch) TNT 4/28/1968 p.B14 Kaiser expands (il of new 500 ft. stack under construction) TNT 7/14/1968 p.D19 Waterfront volcano (aerial il of new alumina dome under construction) TNT 7/28/1968 p.A20 Kaiser mill rises (il) TNT 10/2/1968 p.A2 Kaiser opens 4th potline (interior il) TNT 10/24/1968 p.A20 S.S. Mullen to build 2nd (alumina) dome for port TNT 11/10/1968 p.C22 Kaiser asks variance on pollution TNT 11/14/1968 p.A3 Pollution unit grants variance to Kaiser Aluminum Co. TNT 12/8/1968 p.A7 Kaiser's new aluminum mill ready (aluminum rod mill to start) TNT 12/13/1968 p.C18 Kaiser starts rod mill (interior il) TNT 3/30/1969 p.C27 Birth of a dome(S.S. Mullen, Inc. contr.) (il under construction) TNT 4/20/1969 p.B19 2nd alumina dome, 100,000 ton capacity, nears completion on Pier 7 (aerial il) TNT 7/27/1969 p.D11 Hugh alumina dome rising on Tideflats (il) TNT 10/5/1969 p.B12 Northwest gains from down under (interior il of new alumina dome) TNT 11/1/1969 p.2 Kaiser worker's accident fatal TNT 11/23/1969 p.D8 Pier 7 alumina project finished (il) TNT 3/1/1981 p.F10 Kaiser moves ahead with big modernization TNT 9/17/1982 Kaiser shelves $200 million plan TNT 9/18/2000 p.B1 Kaiser picket lines coming down (Steelworkers on strike since 9/30/1998) TNT 11/3/2000 p.D1 Kaiser to stay dark for now TNT 4/26/2001 p.D1 Kaiser might be selling TNT 12/20/2002 p.D1 Port will buy Kaiser plant (il) TNT 10/31/2003 p.D1 Kaiser makes way for containers; Port ends lease on land ... TNT 5/26/2005 p.D1 Old smelter is worth its weight in gold ... scrap metal is worth millions (il) TNT 6/8/2006 p.D1 Port smokestack ready for a big fall (to be demolished) (il) TNT 6/18/2006 p.B6 Watch us blow our stack (stack to be demolished) (il) TNT 6/21/2006 p.D1 Enter contest to push button for demolition (il) T.Weekly 6/29/2006 p.A1 Port gets ready to blow its stack T.Daily Index 7/3/2006 p.1 Hundreds gather to witness smokestack fall ... (il) TNT 7/3/2006 p.A1 Kaiser stack goes "kaboom" (il of stack demolition) TNT 10/28/2006 p.D1 What's that? (il of demolition) TNT 3/29/2007 p.D1 Kaiser plant back to dirt T.Daily Index 3/30/2007 p.1 A year later, renovation and recycling ... (il of site) Business Examiner 4/16/2007 p.20 Tideflat king lost power to global market T.Daily Index 4/24/2013 p.1 Port moves closer to final stage of Kaiser Aluminum cleanup (il) ----- Northwest Innovation Works TNT 4/24/2014 p.A1 Multinational group proses $1.8 billion gas-conversion plant TNT 5/2/20145 p.A1 Port OKs lease for Tideflats methanol plant Business Examiner 5/26/2014 p.3 New port lease to help meet diversification goals (map) TNT 12/1/2015 p.A3 Voices start weighing in on proposed methanol plant TNT 2/28/2016 p.A1 A methanol plant primer (feature article) TNT 4/20/2016 p.A1 Tacoma methanol project canceled (il) ----- TNT 4/24/2016 p.A1 Tacoma methanol project: What's next? (il)
- Year Built: 1942
- Decade Built: 1940s
- Demolished: 2006