Post-WWI plant

ID: 5490 ~ Source: The Spokesman-Review ~ Creator: The Spokesman-Review
This file appears in: The Magnesite of Chewelah

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

By Zachary Welsh
As war erupted in Europe in July of 1914, its effects hit the shores of the United States years before its own entry into the war. In the industrialized world of the early 1900s steel was a much needed, if generally available resource. However, the…