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Sperry Flour Company Elevator
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- 2/16/1918 (Creation)
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Two of 28 technical drawings of a grain elevator for the Sperry Flour Company, created by Maurice C. Couchot on February, 16, 1918. The original Sperry Building was built in 1911 and was demolished in 1973.
Maurice C. Couchot was an architect and engineer from San Francisco that was inspired to become a pioneer of reinforced concrete building methods after experiencing the devastation of the 1906 earthquake. Couchot was the company engineer for Sperry Flour and contributed industrial plans for structures in California and Washington.
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"Tacoma Daily Ledger - 7/16/1911 - Page 32", "Tacoma News Ledger - 12/16/1917 - Page 18", "Tacoma News Tribune - 8/30/1973", “Maurice Couchot | Hensolt SEAONC Legacy Project.”, “Letters - Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA) - May 25, 2017 - Page 9,”, “PCAD - Maurice C. Couchot.”
Archivist's note
Andrew Weymouth, 6/12/2022