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A. Koch and John Grim at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 12, 1952
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.24
Date:1952
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Plant foremen at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, 1952
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.39
Date:1952
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Shop group at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, 1955
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.40
Date:1955
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Office personnel at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May 19, 1955
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.42
Date:1955
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Shovel at the Superior Clay Pit, Seattle, August 13, 1952
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.110
Date:1952
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Diamond Cement bulk loading tanks at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 10, 1952
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.123
Date:1952
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Aerial view of Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May, 1953
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.135
Date:1953
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St. Joseph's Church, Seattle, circa 1930
This image is of St. Joseph's Church which was constructed with Superior Portland Cement. The 10 story building was originally designed in the early Gothic style but the challenge of building during the Great Depression necessitated a change from granite and marble to a newly rediscovered technology, reinforced concrete, bringing the original estimate from $1,000,000 down to $450,000. Reinforced concrete…
ID Number:2016.92.235
Date:Circa 1930
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Bekins Van Lines building, Seattle, 1929
This image is of the Bekins building on 12th and Madison, which was constructed with Superior Portland Cement. The Bekins Van Lines, Inc., was founded in 1891 by brothers John and Martin Bekins in Indianapolis, growing to become the largest household moving company in the United States. Bekins was acquired by Wheaton World Wide Moving in 2012. The Bekins building…
ID Number:2016.92.252
Date:1929
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Ballard Bitter poster, Seattle, circa 1986
Redhook Ale Brewery was established in 1981 by Gordon Bowker and Paul Shipman in a garage in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. One of the company's most popular beers, Ballard Bitter, was first brewed in 1985, when craft beer was still a very small market. However, the popularity of Ballard Bitter soon allowed Redhook to expand operations into a former trolley barn…
ID Number:2016.95.1
Date:Circa 1986