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D161265-3
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- 1971-12 (Creation)
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Pollution control set-up at St. Regis Paper Co. in December of 1971. The Richards Studio was asked to photograph on a clear day the measures taken by St. Regis in 1971 to fight pollution. St. Regis was Pierce County's largest employer and operated at full employment during the current economic slump. It had already spent $2,000,000 to build a water clarifier that pumped daily 28 million gallons of treated water into the Sound. Plans were announced in May of 1971 to build a precipitator furnace to cut down non-condensable gasses from the plant's stacks. This would replace two of the three existing precipitators. Millions more were to be spent to clean up air pollution to meet standards of the Clean Air Act. (TNT 5-4-71, p. 1 -article) Photograph ordered by Ducon Co., Portland. TPL-6514
Pollution--Tacoma--1970-1980; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980;