New Factory Planned for Tacoma Eastern Railway
A Cincinnati company is set to break ground on a new manufacturing facility near the Tacoma Eastern Railway, bringing employment to the area.
C. E. Littell Co. of Cincinnati, have purchased a site for a new porch column factory on the Tacoma Eastern railway, between Bismarck and Midland. Work will be started at once on the erection of a plant in which about 75 men will be employed. A deep well is being sunk to furnish water for the plant.
“Work will be started at once on the erection of a plant in which about 75 men will be employed.”
Then · 1909117 years apartNow · 2026
The industrial growth of the South Tacoma and Midland areas was a major driver of the city's early economy, relying on the rail infrastructure that still shapes the corridor today.
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