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 with sand, water and gravel to produce concrete.
This image of the Diamond Cement plant shows the two 1000 gallon bulk loading tanks standing over the scales by the railroad tracks.
Caption on verso: 12/10/52 View showing new bulk loading tank over the scales. Both of these 1000 gal tanks are filled by Fuller Kenyon pump from the storage silos.
Physical Description: 1 film negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 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/xv312644
Credit: MOHAI, William Norman Cunningham Collection on the Pacific Coast Cement Company, 2016.92.123
