Not only did it serve the Sperry mill, it also served the Centennial Mill which was slightly south of the Sperry elevator. The Centennial Mill burned in the late 1930s. The spur also served the NP coal bunker No. 4, which was built into the hillside. Bunker 4 was also sometimes called the electric bunker. Coal was loaded from the spur on the hillside, then was loaded onto ships from an electric conveyor that passed under the tracks and then climbed on a steep superstructure that looked kind of like an A frame, to get enough elevation for the coal to be dropped down a chute into a ship. The electric bunker shows in the 1928 valuation photos, but I do not know when it was removed from service. I have no memory of it in the 1950s, although I was a kid at that time.

I clearly remember the row of NP reefers showing on the left of Steve's photos. They were whitelined, and were awaiting the last trip up the hill to the scrap yard at the So. Tacoma Shops. I am 90 percent sure I took some pictures of them when I was in high school, but if I did, I can't find them any more.