In October of 1956, an unidentified employee of the Precision Engineering and Machine Company, 2307 East D Street, was photographed working at a metal lathe in the companies machine shop. The company's machine shop and welding department were capable of repairing all types of hydraulic jacks. Precision Engineering could also design, build and manufacture any type hydraulic unit. Pick up and delivery was free in a 50 mile radius. (TNT 10/28/1956, pg. B-10)

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machine shops--Tacoma; Precision Engineering and Machine Co. (Tacoma);

In October of 1956, an unidentified employee of the Precision Engineering and Machine Company, 2307 East D Street, was photographed working at a metal lathe in the companies machine shop. The company's machine shop and welding department were capable of repairing all types of hydraulic jacks. Precision Engineering could also design, build and manufacture any type hydraulic unit. Pick up and delivery was free in a 50 mile radius. (TNT 10/28/1956, pg. B-10)

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machine shops--Tacoma; Precision Engineering and Machine Co. (Tacoma);

Boiler at Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing plant.

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

ca. 1940. Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co. boiler at chemical plant located in industrial Tideflats. This photograph was taken circa 1940.

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

ca. 1940. Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co. Gauges for Boiler No.2. The large chemical producing company was located in the Tideflats, along the Hylebos Waterway.

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

Exterior - Airco. A modern one-story concrete and brick building housed the Air Reduction Pacific Co., commonly known as Airco, in the 1950's. Located on Ross Way, close to E. 11th St., Airco were oxygen manufacturers and sellers of welding supplies. View of building facade shows large picture windows through which displays of welding masks and other products can be spotted. A customer is standing at the counter being assisted by an Airco employee. Airco, along with the Ohio Chemical Pacific Co. and the Pure Carbonic Co., were divisions of Air Reduction Co., Inc. Photograph ordered by Air Reduction Pacific Co.

Air Reduction Pacific Co. (Tacoma); Facades--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Air Reduction Pacific Co., managed by Edward J. White, were oxygen manufacturers. Known as "Airco", they had an office in Tacoma close to E. 11th Street at 2235 Ross Way. It appears that they also had offices in Seattle. View of two delivery trucks packed with storage tanks, possibly full of oxygen, argon or helium, parked in front of Tacoma facilities. One truck is labeled with a Tacoma address, the other with Seattle. Photograph ordered by Air Reduction Pacific Co.

Air Reduction Pacific Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Interior of Airco store. An Airco employee assists a customer, who has laid his hat on the counter, with a purchase on November 30, 1957. The Air Reduction Pacific Co., also known as Airco, were oxygen manufacturers with facilities both in Seattle and Tacoma. Besides selling oxygen, argon and helium, the company also sold welding products, including safety equipment such as hard hats and protective goggles. Photograph ordered by Air Reduction Pacific Co.

Air Reduction Pacific Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1959. Harmon Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma built classroom furniture as well as that for the home. The company was located at 1938 Pacific Ave. This studio set displays cabinets for the modern classroom or school library. Shown are the Teachers Storage Cabinet, Wall Cabinets, Counter Storage Cabinet, Tote Tray Cabinet, Drawer Storage Cabinet and magazine display and storage.

Furniture industry--Tacoma; F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Cabinets (Case furniture); Bookcases;

ca. 1959. Harmon Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma, in business here since 1909, built classroom furniture as well as that for the home. The company was located at 1938 Pacific Ave.This studio setup is of portable lab equipment, the answer for a school that is pressed for space. The teacher model illustrates chemical formulas on a rolling blackboard, while she rests a glass of soda on the ledge at the top. The blackboard also appears to slide open, to access storage space inside. Beside her is a portable lab table with a faucet and small sink and bunsen burner on top. There is plenty of storage space inside the cabinet for chemicals.

Furniture industry--Tacoma; F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Cabinets (Case furniture);

ca. 1959. Harmon Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma built classroom furniture as well as that for the home. The company was located at 1938 Pacific Ave. This studio setup is of cabinets for the classroom. Show are the Paper Storage Cabinet, Movable Drawer Storage and a bookshelf.

Furniture industry--Tacoma; F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Cabinets (Case furniture); Bookcases;

Railroad boxcar being loaded with plywood sheets.

Industries - Wood Products Industry - Plywood Manufacturing Transportation - Rail Transportation - Freight Shipping

ca. 1960. Aerial photograph of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. in 1960 Richards Studio's stock footage. This Tacoma plant, opened in 1929, covered nearly 40 acres of tideflats on the Hylebos Waterway. A ship is docked ready to transport Pennsalt's chemical products. TPL-6578

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Aerial photographs;

ca. 1960. Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.'s 40-acre plant faced the Hylebos Waterway and portions of undeveloped Northeast Tacoma, including an enormous gravel pit. Aerial photographs taken by the Richards Studio in 1960 show the large facility along with numerous storage tanks. A ship is docked ready to be loaded with the company's chemical products.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Aerial photographs;

Air Reduction Sales Co. rebuilding Tacoma oxygen plant, contract MCC2797

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

Interior of building during reconstruction of Tacoma oxygen plant, Air Reduction Sales Company. Contract #MCC2797.

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

Int. of Tacoma oxygen plant, Air Reduction Sales Co., Neg No. ARS-64

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

Lg. belt drive in Tacoma oxygen plant, Air Reduction Sales Co., Neg No. ARS-64

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

Rebuilding of Tacoma oxygen plant, Air Reduction Sales Co., contract #MCC2797, neg. no.ARS-63

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

New Shasta bottling plant, Tukwila. On July 12, 1968, two men monitor the controls of bottling equipment and conveyor systems at the new Shasta bottling plant in Tukwila. Long conveyor belts send the canned soda onward to be later boxed and transported. Photograph ordered by Meltzer, Aron & Lemen, Inc., San Francisco.

Bottling industry--Tukwila; Beverage industry--Tukwila; Conveying systems--Tukwila; Carbonated beverages;

Shasta beverage operations. Shasta opened a new bottling plant in Tukwila in 1968. Two forklifts are shown on July 12, 1968, busy lifting and stacking cases of Cragmont soda. The soda, diet Orange, diet Cola and Black Cherry , came in both cans and no-deposit, no-return bottles. Photograph ordered by Meltzer, Aron & Lemen, Inc., San Francisco.

Bottling industry--Tukwila; Beverage industry--Tukwila; Carbonated beverages; Hoisting machinery;

Three trucks stand ready at the loading dock of the new Shasta bottling plant in Tukwila on July 12, 1968. The trucks, from Albertson's and West Coast Grocery, are backed in, prepared to be filled with cases of bottled and canned sodas. A single gas pump is available in case the trucks need more fuel. Photograph ordered by Meltzer, Aron & Lemen, San Francisco.

Bottling industry--Tukwila; Beverage industry--Tukwila; Trucks--Tukwila;

New home for the Whistle Bottling Works, built in 1926 by the Cammarano Brothers. Interior showing machinery and potted plants. The new $50,000 plant was filled with modern equipment. After being "mixed" according to preset formulas, flavored syrups were poured into sterilized bottles on a conveyor belt. They travelled from machine to machine, where they were filled with carbonated water, capped and labelled. The plants and flowers were probably sent by well wishers for the plant's opening. (TDL 8/22/1926, pg. A10-14) (filed with Argentum)

Beverage industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Whistle Bottling Co. (Tacoma); Bottling industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

The second floor laboratory, or "mix" room, in the new $50,000 Whistle Bottling Co. plant. Interior shot showing vats, gallon bottles on shelves. The room had a long testing bench or counter with shelves above it filled with graduates, filters and a large assortment of concentrated syrups. A 100 gallon mixing tank was used for compounding "simple syrup" from boiling water and pure cane sugar. This tank was connected with mixing tanks, where the simple syrup was mixed with the concentrated syrups that gave the beverage its distinctive taste. The mixed syrup flowed down a pipe into the first floor machine room where it went into sterilized bottles that were topped off with carbonated water. (TDL 8/22/1926, pg. A10-14) (filed with Argentum)

Beverage industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Whistle Bottling Co. (Tacoma); Bottling industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

Photograph from the August 1926 grand opening of the Whistle Bottling Co.'s new $50,000 plant. The plant could turn out 30,000 bottles of soda a day thanks to modern machinery, such as the one shown in the picture. Filled bottles travelled around the plant on a conveyor belt, into machines which capped the bottles and labelled them. The factory produced beverages for Whistle, Nu-Grape, Hires, Green River and others. It was owned by the Cammarano Brothers. (TDL 8/22/1926, pg. A10-14) (filed with Argentum)

Beverage industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Whistle Bottling Co. (Tacoma); Bottling industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

This was how the new Whistle Bottling Company factory, built for the Cammarano Brothers by Mcdonald & Michael contractors and located at 2314-18 A Street, appeared in August of 1926. At that time, the 5 year old company was moving to its new white $50,000 modern concrete plant. The two-story, 75 x 100 foot building was three times larger than the company's previous location at 301 East 25th. The new plant could turn out 30,000 complete bottles of "soda pop" a day: manufactured, bottled, capped and labeled. The company bottled Whistle, Nu-grape, Hires, Green River and others. The Cammarano Brothers, Phil, James, William and Ed, were self-made men; progressing from odd jobs to being the heads of their own factory. (filed with Argentum) (TDL 8/22/1926, pg. A10-14, TDL 7/11/1926, pg. E8)

Beverage industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Whistle Bottling Co. (Tacoma); Bottling industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);

Pacific Carbide shot of screen pulled loose. In 1943, the Pacific Carbide & Alloys Co. plant was opened here because of cheap water transportation, an abundance of low cost water in Tacoma and cheap electricity. The plant was part of a defense plant corporation project. View of plant machinery, Link-Belt Company.

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

Pacific Carbide exterior and interior for record. Interior view of the Pacific Carbide & Alloys Co. plant a few days after plant was shut down. Congressman Coffee intends to write a letter to R. R. Sayre of the Bureau of Mines, opposing the closing of this plant.

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

Pacific Carbide exterior and interior for record. The Pacific Carbide & Alloys Co. was shut down due to recent explosions in a Tacoma shipyard that uses carbide products. The explosions are not linked to plant, but the War Production Board decided to shut down this carbide producing plant. Interior view of production area in plant.

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

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);