Finding Aid to Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., ca. 1915-ca. 1925

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Finding Aid to Redwood Manufacturers Company Plant in Pittsburg, Calif., ca. 1915-ca. 1925

BANC PIC 1905.11964-.11965--fALB

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1905.11964 [Album 1]

Ships unloading at wharf of Redwood Mnfrs. [Redwood Manufacturers] Co. Pittsburg, Calif.

Fleet of lumber schooners at dock of Redwood Mnfrs [Redwood Manufacturers] Co. Pittsburg, Calif. Lumber was brought from mills along the coast.

Dock and yard. S.S. Ravalli in foreground. Rough pile along track appears to be bundled redwood shakes.

S.S. Ravalli unloading. Sling loads were assembled by hand in the hold, raised & swung over the side to the 4-wheel cars on the wharf.

[Wharf scene. S.S. Ravalli unloading lumber. Redwood Manufacturers Company. Pittsburg, California.]

Storage and seasoning yard. Redwood. White building, left of center, is C.A. Hooper's flour mill, later burned.

Storage and seasoning yard. Note narrow-gauge industrial railroad and mule power. Redwood.

Storage and seasoning yard. Lumber from ship-side drawn to yard and piled by hand. Note 2" x 4" stickers (separators) projecting beyond the ends of the boards to protect the ends against direct sun & to prevent end-checking. On #7 note slope of pile toward alley-way.

Storage and seasoning yard. Lumber from ship-side drawn to yard and piled by hand. Note 2" x 4" stickers (separators) projecting beyond the ends of the boards to protect the ends against direct sun & to prevent end-checking. On #7 note slope of pile toward alley-way.

[Water tank. Redwood Manufacturers Company. Pittsburg, California.]

Office, water tank & planing mill.

Power house, sheds, etc. Pittsburg in right rear. Dry kilns right-front.

Power house. Corliss-type engines, belt-driven generators. Small dynamo -- exciter.

[Engine and belt-driven generator. Interior of power house. Redwood Manufacturers Company. Pittsburg, California.]

Interior of planing mill. Belt-driven machines.

Planing mill and factory. Redwood door factory.

Planing mill.

Planing mill.

Planing mill.

Tank factory.

A corner in the tank factory. Finished staves on tracks; floor of tank in fore-ground ready for marking of the circle. Cement-block walls.

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1905.11964 [Album 1]

1905.11965 [Album 2]