Washington Veneer plywood plant at Olympia — 1926 — #10731_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Olympia
Washington Veneer
Thanks to Mark Jorgenson, who describes the production process in this photograph: "They are laying up plywood panels on the left and the right in this picture and pressing the panels in the middle. When I worked in a plywood mill they used four or five people on a crew, not just two as we can see here. The core feeder isn't in the picture with the crew on the right." Located in Olympia, Washington the Washington Veneer Company was a manufacturer of plywood and started operations in 1925 at the north end of Capitol Way. Founders were Ed Westman, Joseph L. Peters, C.J. Lord and Millard Lemon. The company grew rapidly, and in 1929 built a 225-foot-tall brick smokestack. Viewed as a symbol of economic prosperity, a couple was hoisted to the top of that stack and married in June 1929. Washington Veneer was sold to the Georgia-Pacific Lumber Co. in the late '40s. The plywood plant was closed in 1967. See also photos # 10718_1 and 10723_1 for more views.
