Defiance Lumber Company's cranes at their mill on Ruston Way

Industries; Defiance Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way

ca. 1888. In this photograph from 1888, over a half-dozen ships crowd up to the dock of a lumber yard in Tacoma to take on lumber. The dock shown is probably the Tacoma Mill Company dock which was located on the waterfront by present day Old Tacoma, close to the Jack Hyde Park at the south end of Ruston Way. TPL-8608

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1880-1890; Lumberyards--Tacoma--1880-1890; Sailing ships--Tacoma--1880-1890