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- 1948-12-15
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
In December of 1948, E. Leslie Records, the son of Elmer H. Records, monitored his father's new "Thermal-Chemical carbonization and distillation process" for producing "smogless coal" in their research laboratory at 990 Middle Waterway. The process was created by Elmer H. Records, and he hoped it would be the answer to atmospheric pollution from coal gases. It took low grade bituminous and lignite coal, like the coal found in Washington, and converted them into a fuel comparable to high grade anthracite. (T. Times, 12/20/48, p. 5).
Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laboratories--Tacoma; Coal--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma; Air quality--Tacoma; Pollution--Tacoma; Research facilities--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Industrial Research Lab (Tacoma); Records, E. Leslie;