Trentwood Aluminum Rolling Plant, 1940s
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Aerial view of the Trentwood Aluminum Rolling Plant during its early years. The more than 80 acre facility dwarfs the neighboring housing estates.
Image courtesy of the Washington State Digital Archives
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Trentwood Kaiser Aluminum Rolling Plant
The economy of Washington is tightly connected to the vast hydroelectric development of the state. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government laid the framework for a series of hydroelectric dams harnessing the immense water…