Carsten Packing Company Pork House
- File
- 1922
Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection
One of 18 available technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company, created by P.V. Cornils, in-house architect for the company, circa 1922.
Carsten Packing Company Pork House
Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection
One of 18 available technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company, created by P.V. Cornils, in-house architect for the company, circa 1922.
Carsten Packing Company Abattoir
Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection
Series of 21 technical drawings for the Carsten Packing Company created by the Henschien, Everds & Crombie Architects & Engineers firm on June 10, 1939. The company was based in Chicago, Illinois at 59 East Van Buren St. and they specialized in meat processing plants. The company also designed packing plans for the Frye & Co. plant in Seattle and Oscar Mayer in Iowa City. The Carsten Packing Company had been active since 1897. In 1954, the company was sold to an Eastern firm and renamed to the Hi-Grade Packing Co. In 1990, executives in Seattle closed the Tacoma processing plant and on October 24, 1996 the structure was destroyed by fire.
Carsten Packing Company Coolers and Shipping Office
Part of Lost Tacoma Project Collection
One of 16 available technical drawings created for the Carsten Packing Company, created by P.V. Cornils, the company's in-house architect, circa 1922.