Concrete Heritage Museum

Concrete Heritage Museum
Former name Camp Seven Logging Museum
Location 7380 Thompson Ave, Concrete, Washington, 98237 United States
Coordinates 48°32′18″N 121°44′45″W / 48.5383341°N 121.7457149°W / 48.5383341; -121.7457149Coordinates: 48°32′18″N 121°44′45″W / 48.5383341°N 121.7457149°W / 48.5383341; -121.7457149
Type Local museum
Founder Herb Larsen[1]
President John Lloyd
Nearest car park On site (no charge)
Website concreteheritagemuseum.org

Concrete Heritage Museum (formerly Camp Seven Logging Museum) is a local heritage museum in Concrete, Washington. The museum focuses on the industrial history of the region and has collections dedicated to Superior Portland Cement Company, Lower Baker Dam, and the region's rich history of logging.[2][3] The museum maintains an archive of The Concrete Herald, a historical local newspaper established in 1901.[4] The museum has regular summer weekend hours,[5] but open by appointment only all other times.[6]

History

The museum was founded in early 1980s by a retired Concrete judge, Herb Larsen.[1] Larsen initially named the museum 'Camp Seven Logging Museum', as it was primarily dedicated to the history of logging camps of the area. Later, the museum also incorporated historical collections related to cement industry of Concrete and regional railroad and hydroelectric power projects.[1] In September 2009, the museum opened an exhibit displaying the contents of the time capsule that was interred on August 11, 1932 by now defunct Superior Portland Cement Company.[7]

Outdoor Exhibit

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Herb Larsen obituary". Skagit Valley Herald. Mount Vernon, Washington: Skagit Valley Pub. Co. 26 February 2007. ISSN 1071-197X. OCLC 61311930.
  2. ↑ Baskas, Harriet (12 April 2011). Washington Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 152–153. ISBN 0762761199. LCCN 2011283277. OCLC 841523403.
  3. ↑ Ernst, Chloe (15 June 2010). Day Trips® from Seattle: Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler. Globe Pequot Press. p. 48. ISBN 0762759593. ISSN 2155-5567. LCCN 2010203095. OCLC 435419134.
  4. ↑ "Concrete Heritage Museum". concrete-wa.com. Concrete Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Chickowski, Ericka (3 July 2012). Washington. Moon handbooks (9th ed.). Berkeley, CA: Avalon Travel Publishing. ISBN 1612381332. OCLC 760977711.
  6. ↑ "Out and About". Skagit Valley Herald. Mount Vernon, Washington: Skagit Valley Pub. Co. 9 June 2016. OCLC 61311930.
  7. ↑ Miller, Jason (September 2009). "Time capsule opened after 77 years". The Concrete Herald. 92 (5). Concrete, WA: H.J. Bratlie. pp. 1, 9. OCLC 14574917.


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