Overview

Erected in the company town of Longview, WA, the Weyerhaueser Sawmill became an enormous employer for the new city. The Weyerhaueser Corporation timeline said of this plant: "When built in 1929, this mill was the world's largest. It was designed for maximum utilization by including a shingle mill and three separate sawmills, each to cut a different type of log." (See Weyerhaueser Corporation, Timeline: 1920, accessed 06/19/2015.)

PCAD id: 19635