1953 ❖ ALASKA PLYWOOD ARRIVES

Freighter SUSITNA,

owned by Alaska Steamship Co. 
Pier 42, Seattle, WA. dated Oct. 1953.
Original photo from the archives of
the Saltwater People Historical Society©
Photographer unknown. 

The largest shipment of plywood that has come to Seattle from the Alaska Plywood Corp's new plant at Juneau was unloaded at Pier 42 from the freighter SUSITNA. The shipment was 142 tons.
      The shipment was brought here for the Savage Lumber & Manufacturing Co. distributor for the Alaska Plywood Corp that operates the Juneau mill. 
      Unless freight rates were lowered in the future, most of the plywood from Juneau would be shipped east from Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Above text from the Seattle Times. October 1953.