Post-WWI plant

ID: 5490 ~ Source: The Spokesman-Review ~ Creator: The Spokesman-Review

This file appears in: The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

A panoramic view of the production facility just south of Chewelah in 1919, showing the extent of the plant entering its post-war era

This file appears in: The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

By Zachary Welsh

The Northwestern Magnesite Company, with its main processing plant just south of Chewelah, Washington and various mines and quarries in Northeastern Washington, helped supply a majority of the…