In November of 1947, an unidentified employee at the Hooker Electrochemical plant , at 605 Alexander Avenue on Tacoma's tideflats, used an industrial scale to weigh large chemical storage canisters. The scales he was using were manufactured by the Toledo Scale Company, which had opened an office in Tacoma in 1927 and maintained an office here for 30 years.Toledo scales, like these "No Spring, Honest Weight" units could be found in grocery stores, farmers markets and industrial plants throughout the Northwest. The Hooker Chemical Company, which in its final years was owned by Pioneer Companies, Inc. closed in 2002.
Weights & measures--Tacoma; Scales; Scientific equipment--Tacoma; Measuring--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Toledo Scale Co. (Tacoma);