Pacific Carbide exterior and interior for record. The Pacific Carbide & Alloys Co. plant used a new system of production that was highly efficient. Interior view of plant.

Coke industry--Tacoma; Pacific Carbide & Alloys Co. (Tacoma);

Air Reduction Sales interior of plant. In 1942 Air Reduction Sales Co. opened up a oxygen gas production plant. Oxygen gas is used in large quantities for cutting steel plates in ship building and it is also used in welding. The plant will be able to support the war effort by producing the chemical necessary for government vessels, and making it available locally.

Factories--Tacoma; Machinery; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma);

Air Reduction Sales interior of plant. In 1942 Air Reduction Sales Co. opened up a oxygen gas production plant. Oxygen gas is used in large quantities for cutting steel plates in ship building and it is also used in welding. The plant will be able to support the war effort by producing the chemical necessary for government vessels, and making it available locally. View of laborer in background.

Factories--Tacoma; Machinery; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma);

Air Reduction Sales interior of plant. In 1942 Air Reduction Sales Co. opened up a oxygen gas production plant. Oxygen gas is used in large quantities for cutting steel plates in ship building and it is also used in welding. The plant will be able to support the war effort by producing the chemical necessary for government vessels, and making it available locally.

Factories--Tacoma; Machinery; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma);

Machinery at Cammarano Brothers bottling company, Phillip Cammarano. The Cammarano Brothers were bottlers of beer and other carbonated beverages. Four brothers owned and operated the facility, Phillip J., James J., and William B., and Edward J. Cammarano.

Bottling industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

Machinery at Cammarano Brothers bottling company, Phillip Cammarano. The machinery shown is used to bottle, cap and label the carbonated beverages they bottled at the facility.

Bottling industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

Machinery at shipyards for Hooker Electro-chemical Company. Exterior of industrial building with sign: Material Conservation Dept. as pictured on February 18, 1946.

Industrial facilities;

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. continued to work on their UNRRA contract. New fishing boats were being built and they were reconditioning fathometers and Northern Dragger winches on other fishing boats. The UNRRA program was intended to help China re-establish their fishing industry. Interior view of plant, laborers can be seen working.

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Precision Machine Works is more than just a machine shop, it is a factory for designing and inventing automatic machinery. Precision Machine Works is a valuable plant helping the Northwest progress in the industrial markets. Edward Gazecki and Edwin Hofstead founded this plant in 1924. Exterior view of plant.

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machine shops--Tacoma; Precision Machine Works (Tacoma);

Independent Insulation, exterior of plant. The factory was located near Fife and opened March 1946. The equipment used in the plant was developed by the staff over an experimental period covering the last two years. (TNT, 3/22/1946; 3/30/1947)

Factories--Fife--1940-1950; Independent Insulation, Inc. (Fife);

Independent Insulation, Inc., exterior of plant. Independent Insulation produced rock wool as insulation for factories and homes. Rock was poured in at one end of the production line and it came out as rock wool at the other end. Three kinds of rock; copper slag from the Tacoma smelter, quartz silica and basalt, with limestone added as a flux, were layered with coke, and heated to 2,600 degrees farenheit. The molten stream which flowed off was broken up by live steam under pressure. (TNT 3/22/1946; 3/30/1947)

Factories--Fife--1940-1950; Independent Insulation, Inc. (Fife);

Independent Insulation Inc. of Fife produced rock wool to be used for insulation in factories and homes. Three kinds of rock - copper slag from the Tacoma smelter, quartz silica, ands basalt - were layered with coke and limestone, as a flux, and heated to 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Once molten the rock was combined under pressure with live steam; it shot out of a man-made volcano and into a long blowing chamber. The rock emerges from the furnace in molten globulets and the speed at which it is cooled creates its thread-like texture. (TNT 3/22/1946; 3/30/1947)

Factories--Fife--1940-1950; Independent Insulation, Inc. (Fife);

Aerial view of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. The Tacoma plant covers nearly 40 acres of tideflats on the Hylebos waterway. This location was chosen in 1929 because of favorable electric power rates, availability and quality of water, access to water, rail and motor transportation and its central location for its principal customers, the pulp and paper mills. The name of the corporation was changed to Pennwalt Corp. prior to the merger of Pennsalt and Wallace & Tierman, Inc. (TNT, 11/29/1968)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma); Waterfronts--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Air Reduction Sales Co., an oxygen producer. Pipes lead into a horizontal tank which is attached to two tanks above. The larger tanks are sealed with heavy latches. Dials are viewed at the top and shut off valves are located along pipes to the right.

Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Air Reduction Sales Co., an oxygen producer. A series of pipes, ranging in size, stand vertically against a wall. Chains, levers and shut-off valves are located along the pipes. A grating covers the floor area. Steps are seen at the left leading to an upper work area.

Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma;

Air Reduction Sales Co., an oxygen producer. Four tanks, two smaller than the others, stand side-by-side. Shut-off valves, faucets, pipes, guages and a hose are attached to the tanks. The smallest pipes lead through the floor to another location.

Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma;

This aerial view of the "head of the bay" (the south end of the Foss Waterway) shows the Tacoma Boat Building Company and the Reliance Lumber company (to the right) as they appeared in March of 1947. The Northern Pacific Railroad roundhouse can be seen at 2211 East D Street, just above Tacoma Boat. Tacoma Boat were the exclusive designers and manufacturers of "Northern Dragger" winches, "North" purse seine winches, "Northern" anchor winches and "Northern" purse seine and dandelion blocks. They built wood and steel trollers, purse seiners and tuna clippers. (T. Times, 2/26/47, p. 9-B).

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma); Railroad roundhouses--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

In March of 1947, the F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Company was finalizing plans to modernize and expand their furniture manufacturing facility and showroom at 1938 Pacific Avenue. F.S. Harmon was the sole northwest concern holding a franchise to manufacture "Serta" mattresses and springs. They employed over 500 woodworkers and upholsterers who built dinette sets, bedroom suites, desks, tables, bed divans and upholstered chairs. The company closed their plant and showroom on Pacific Avenue in 1960. In the late 1990s the first floor of this building was converted to commercial space, including the Harmon Brewing Co., and the upper floors were converted into loft apartments. (T. Times, 4/23/47, p. 5).

Furniture industry--Tacoma; Advertising agencies--Tacoma; F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings; O'Connell-Ragan Co. (Tacoma);

Aerial view of Cascade Pole Company and the Tacoma tideflats. Log booms float on both sides of the facility. Birchfield Boiler is located across the road from Cascade Pole at the end of the waterway. Cascade Pole Company occupied 10 acres on the tideflats adjacent to the Port of Tacoma and was served by rail and trucking facilities in addition to the waterways. The company was under the direction of Victor Monahan. (T.Times, 7/2/1947, p.5)

Cascade Pole Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma);

This aerial photograph from June of 1947 shows the south end of the Wapato (now Blair) Waterway in Tacoma's tideflats industrial area. The large building at the end of the waterway is the Birchfield Boiler Company at 2503 East 11th Street, the first industry in Tacoma to lease land from the Tacoma Port Commission. The logs in the right bottom corner are part of the large Cascade Pole Company operation. Cascade Pole opened in 1943. Their creosote treated poles, ties, lumber and pilings were sent as far as Arabia. Much of the tideflats land south of 11th Street was still undeveloped in 1947. (T.Times, 7/2/1947, p.5)

Cascade Pole Co. (Tacoma); Utility poles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs;

Fiberboard Machine, Mutual Fruit. Interior view at the Union Pacific Terminal. A young man feeds materials into the machine which makes cartons for the current grapefruit packaging. Wesley F. Crawford was president of Mutual Fruit Company.

Fibreboard Products, Inc. (Tacoma); Fruit industry--Tacoma; Packaging; Machinery; Mutual Fruit Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Formal coverage of opening plant in Portland, Oregon, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Fred Shanaman. An ariel view of the new facilities in Portland, Oregon. The Portland plant was established in 1940 and manufactured chlorine, caustic soda, sodium chlorate and DDT. A log boom can be seen on the Columbia River. (T.N.T., 5/16/1955)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.); Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland;

Formal coverage of opening plant in Portland, Oregon, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Fred Shanaman. An ariel view of the new facilities. President Fred C. Shanaman reported that with the addition of the new facilities for manufacture of chlorine, caustic soda and technical DDT, production at the Portland plant increased substantially in 1947.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.); Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. A view of a large ventilating or cooling system on the exterior of one of the buildings at the plant yards. Several series of narrow tubes stand vertically with dials visible at the front. One series of four tubes run from underground to a square metal box near the middle of the apparatus.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Washington Steel and Welding for Industry Page, Times. A.E. MacIntosh, secretary and treasurer of Washington Steel & Welding Company, checks plans of the new Fabwood glue machine constructed in the company shops. With him, pointing out blueprint detail, is Don Porter of Porter Engineering Company who designed the machine. Bob Muehlenbruch, draftsman, directs a workman who is adding finishing touches to the machie which was ordered by the Grays Harbor Chair Company of Aberdeen, Washington. The machine uses scrap lumber which, after processing in the Fabwood machine, emerges as plywood suitable for chair bottoms and table tops. (T.Times, 6/11/1947, p.7)

Washington Steel & Welding Co. (Tacoma); Steel industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fabwood Glue Machine; MacIntosh, A.E.; Porter, Don; Muehlenbruch, Bob; Machinery; Blueprints;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company.A view of a large piece of machinery at the Penn Salt plant. The name "General Electric Company" is molded into the housing on the base of the machine. It is large enough to have a portion of the machine below floor level.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. The exterior of one of the buildings at the plant is pictured on June 7, 1947. The roof line includes elongated V shapes: the shorter side is translucent to allow light into the factory during daylight hours.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. The exterior of one of the buildings at the plant. A flag pole stands in front of the building. The $2 million Tacoma plant covered about 40 acres of tideflats on Hylebos waterway. Their products included chlorine and caustic soda (used in pulp, paper, plywood and soap manufacture as well as for sanitation purposes), chemical manufacturing, metallurgical and other processes and herbicides.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. An exterior view showing a cooling system at the rear of the building. Refer to D28,041-2 for a more detailed view of the cooling system.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. An interior view of the plant. Three large funnels are shown with large tanks in the background. One man is painting some of the metal surfaces of the internal structures. Another man is standing reviewing the process.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma;