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Greer Steel
Lakewood
Greer Steel’s 22 employees make tanks for oil, chemicals and
water, and perform other fabrication work. The company
was started in 1952 in Fairbanks, with eventual expansion
into Washington. With its four lifts in the Lakewood facility
(yellow, below), Greer Steel has the capacity to lift 100,000
pounds.
Sen. Steve Conway, D-South Tacoma, with AWB staff, viewed through
the partial frame of a 30,000-gallon double-hull aviation fuel tank.
Above: Greer Steel General Manager Dave Kapla.
Below: The company’s 12,000-gallon fire guard
tank can safely withstand a 2,000-degree fire for
four hours without affecting the fuel inside.