The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of 1889 broke out at the mill. The mill was rebuilt and regained peak production a year later, closing for good in 1973.
This view of the Seattle Cedar mill shows the large stacks of lumber drying before it will be planed and sold. A few employees are on the ground moving smaller stacks around the mill. Visible on the tower at the center of the image is the logo for the company's trademark brand of cedar colonial siding and lumber, Maltese Cross.
Photographer's number: 33080
Caption information source: "The Ohio Architect and Builder," Volume 18, 1911, page 67
ID Number: 1980.6877.121
Date: Circa 1925
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv46755
