I. W. Johnson Engineering were well known specialists in the designing and building of sawmill machinery. In 1938 they designed and built the innovative sawdust making machine. View of sawmill designed, built and manufactured at the I. W. Johnson plant.

Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Engineering models; Equipment; Saws; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

I.W. Johnson Engineering Company. The company advertises that they were complete sawmill designers and builders and manufacturers of sawmill machinery. Wheel and pulley mechanisms connect along a rod to a steel I-beam.

I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Equipment;

I. W. Johnson Engineering Company were machinery designers and manufacturers, they were considered specialists in building sawmills and saw dust making machines. The company's facilities were located at 601 East 11th Street, they were owned and operated by Irwin W. Johnson. Interior view of plant, large frame is being assembled.

Engineering--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction industry--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

Truck hauling large machine, designed and manufactured by I. W. Johnson Engineering Company. The machine is possibly a wood chipping machine or a log debarking machine, Northwest Machine Works building in background. I. W. Johnson machines could be found in the lumber mills and plants throughout Tacoma and other Pacific Northwest towns and cities, the machines were custom built to fit your company's needs.

Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engineering--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Northwest Machine Works (Tacoma);

In August of 1948, an unidentified employee of the I.W. Johnson Engineering Company, 601 East 11th Street, was photographed standing next to a new ban resaw built by the company. For approximately 40 years the I.W. Johnson Engineering Company designed and built sawmill equipment and machinery for any size business in the lumber industry. Under Irvin W. Johnson, the company had a long successful history of working with the leading lumber companies of Tacoma. Mr. Johnson died in 1973 at the age of 92; he had lived in Tacoma for over 40 years.

Machinery; Equipment; Machinery industry--Tacoma; Engineering--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

Resaw, I.W. Johnson, Chuck Rowland. I.W. Johnson were considered specialists in designing and manufacturing machines needed in the sawmills and lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. This resaw has large wheels at both the top and the bottom to operate a continuous blade to cut lumber similar to a band saw.

I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engineering--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Resaw, I.W. Johnson, Chuck Rowland. Another view of the resaw showing the framework. A small electric motor sits to the right of center, possibly to drive one phase of the machine's operation.

I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engineering--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

I. W. Johnson Engineering Company were well known specialists in the designing and building of sawmill machinery. In 1938 they designed and built the innovative sawdust making machine. View of sawmill workers and machinery, it appears workers are feeding pieces of plywood into machine.

Machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Machinery industry--1940-1950; Plywood; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

I. W. Johnson Engineering Company were well known specialists in the designing and building of sawmill machinery. In 1938 they designed and built the innovative sawdust making machine. View of sawmill workers and machinery, it appears workers are feeding pieces of plywood into machine.

Machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

Star Iron & Steel Company bridge fabricated in five days for Whidbey Island-Mukilteo ferry landing. On August 23, 1938, the Cooney Transfer & Storage Company transported the 30,000 pound, 64 foot-long steel bridge on a Becholdt trailer. The original wooden ferry landing structure was ripped out by the ferry a week ago. Within five days, the plans were drawn for the steel replacement, the steel was fabricated and two coats of paint were applied. (T. Times, 8/23/1938, p.3).

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Cooney Transfer & Storage Co. (Tacoma); Bridges--Whidbey Island; Trailers; Shipping--Tacoma--1930-1940;