Welcome to The Hartley Photographic Collection.
When first built around the turn of the century, the Clark-Knickerson Lumber Company, of which the Clough and Hartley families were part owners, was one of the most innovative and advanced mills on the West Coast. By 1910 it was cutting 230,000 board feet every 10-hour shift. The sawmill was located where the Scott Paper Company now stands. The Clough-Hartley Shingle Mill was the world’s largest producer of red cedar shingles in the first and second decades of this century with the capacity to produce 1.3 million shingles and 80,000 feet of cedar siding in a 10-hour shift. This mill stood near the site of Everett’s present marina.
Clark-Knickerson Mill with masts of ships and refuge burner in background.
Interior view of the Clark-Knickerson Lumber Mill proper, taken from the log bed, looking toward the tail of the mill. This company was awarded two gold medals at the Lewis and Clark Exposition for the largest fir and cedar pieces without a defect. The fir piece was 6 feet wide, 4 inches thick, and 24 feet long. The cedar piece was 6 ½ feet wide, four inches thick, and 20 feet long. There are about fifty-three acres in this mill property, five of which are undercover, the balance for log pond, dockage, ship canals, yard, and railroad terminals. On the long side in this mill, they can cut a stick of timber 120 feet long. Her capacity is 23,000 feet in ten hours.
Hartley’s logging crew ready for dinner, Christmas Eve, 1904, on the Snoqualmie River near Monroe, Washington.
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