Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the course of its history the company was involved a wide variety of projects, including the manufacture of stainless steel brewing equipment beginning in the 1930s and special train cars to transport 747 parts. During World War I and World War II, the company produced war-related materials such as lifeboats and aircraft parts.
This image is of the company's second location on Railroad, Wall, and Elliot Avenues. The building used from 1905-1909 was destroyed in a fire, the aftermath of which is shown here. A new building was built after the 1909 fire and the company remained in this location until 1918. Note the temporary building in the center of the image put up by the company so they could carry on business.
This image is part of an album containing 71 photographs concerning PSSMW’s history. Signs in image: Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Open for Business, Everything in Sheet Metal; Glenorchy Hote
Caption information source: The First One Hundred Years: History of PSF Industries, Inc. and PSF Mechanical, Inc., by Nile Thompson
ID Number: 2004.27.1.7
Date: 1909
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on linen : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv62942
Credit: MOHAI, PSF Industries, Inc. and PSF Mechanical, Inc. Records, 2004.27.1.7
