Here is an Tacoma Smelter photograph of what was then the highest concrete chimney in the world at 317 1/2 feet--later a chimney height at the ASARCO plant would reach 571 feet, before being shortened to 562 feet due to repairs in 1937. The last stack was brought down by implosion in 1993.
Printed on front: Highest Concrete Chimney in the World, 317 1/2 feet. Tacoma, Wash.
American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO) was located at 5300 No. 52nd St. in Ruston. This smokestack was sometimes touted as being the largest in the world. circa 1917.
Printed on front: Second largest smokestack in the world - Tacoma Wash.
Originally the Ryan Smelter, then the Tacoma Smelting & Refining Co., the American Smelting & Refining Co., at 5300 No. 52nd, in 1905 had the largest concrete chimney in the world. circa 1906.
Printed on front: The Tacoma Smelter, Tacoma, Wash.
