Roof Decking Salvage

Jess of Rhine Corp. liberates roof decking on 2/10/12

Rhine continued to make good progress the rest of the week, salvaging the fireplace hood, removing the remaining debris from the interior of the Clubhouse and cutting the roof decking for salvage.  On Saturday February 11, a work party of 12 Tacoma Mountaineers met at the Clubhouse to pull nails and staples from the roof decking to prepare it for storage and reuse in the Program Center.  The decking will be used for making doors, wainscoting and other wood panel features on the interior. 

Salvaged decking ready for storage

Marian Shepherd, Tom Bates & Rick Yasger pull nails and staples while Gretchen Roosevelt cleans up

The salvage team congregates for a photo op after a successful day!

Example of stamp on decking

Many of the lengths of roof decking were stamped with the name of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., which, upon its founding in 1888, set out to build the 'world's largest sawmill' on the Tacoma tideflats!  The decking was installed in 20 ft. lengths and was of such quality that now only exists in memory and salvage.