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NWRPC-0247 Front
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- c. 1915 (Creation)
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- Known as the "South Tacoma Shops," the plant was composed of 36 separate brick buildings, covering 15 acres. Craftsmen from 20 expert fields were employed to build, rebuild and service anything that travelled on wheels for Northern Pacific west of the Mississippi. The plant operated from 1890 until its closure in 1974. The body of water to the left was a wetlands area commonly called the "South Tacoma Swamp." It has since been filled in, although several of the original buildings still stand. circa 1915.
- Printed on front: Birdseye View. N.P. Car Shops and Griffin Car Wheel Works. So. Tacoma, Washington.
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Library does not have original postcard