Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919

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Image of Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919 — 1983.10.1692.2

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Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919

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The Seattle Cedar Mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze for many years. In this photo, a workman stands partway up one of the tall stacks of drying lumber.

Webster & Stevens number: 77289

ID Number: 1983.10.1692.2

Date: Circa 1919

Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer

Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.1692.2

Subjects: Lumber and Logging, Labor and Labor Unions, Neighborhoods