File:Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works building on Railroad, Wall, and Elliot Avenues, Seattle, circa 1914 (MOHAI 8923).jpg

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Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the course of its history the company was involved a wide variety of projects, including the manufacture of stainless steel brewing equipment beginning in the 1930s and special train cars to transport 747 parts. This image is of the company's second building at this location on Railroad, Wall, and Elliot Avenues, used from 1909-1918. The first building used from 1905-1909 was destroyed in a fire. This building is where the company manufactured supplies for World War I: life boats, life rafts, and fabrication for emergency U. S. Army and Navy fleets.

This image is part of an album containing 71 photographs concerning PSSMW's history.

This building still stands today, but lost its distinctive cornice during its most recent renovation into The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology.

Caption information source: The First One Hundred Years: History of PSF Industries, Inc. and PSF Mechanical, Inc., by Nile Thompson

• Subjects (LCTGM): Industrial facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works