4302 CHAMBERS CREEK RD, STEILACOOM
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- 5 images. Cascade Paper Co. K.A. Hultan, arch. Hurley-Mason Co., contr. TDL 1/12/1919 p.B8 New $600,000 Chambers Creek plant of Cascade Paper Co. (il) TDL 3/13/1921 p.B5 (il) TDL 3/15/1925 Paper mill will build pulp plant (il) TDL 4/14/1926 Suppl. (il) TNT 12/18/1928 Cascade plant pioneers making fine book paper from fir waste (il) TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.7 (aerial il) 979.72 ST33S Spring 2001 The mills on Chambers Creek (il c.1923) 979.778 P393S p.72,73 (il of employees) ----- Everett Pulp & Paper Co. TNT 7/9/1931 To reopen Tacoma plant TNT 12/25/1936 Repairing big plant T.Times 4/22/1937 Reopening of paper mill is set for June (remodeling/reconstruction by Austin Co., contr.) TNT 7/17/1937 Will open paper mill; old Cascade plant completely rebuilt ----- West Tacoma Paper Co. TNT 5/28/1946 p.1 Newsprint plant to open TNT 6/18/1946 Newspapers behind mill TNT 5/12/1947 p.1 Newsprint is rolling out here (interior il) TNT 1/4/1948 Payroll builders of Tacoma (il) TNT 2/17/1948 p.B4,B5 Newsprint produced here (interior il) TNT 12/30/1951 p.A1 Paper mill expansion on way TNT 5/16/1955 p.8 Chemical Progress Week (interior il) TNT 9/7/1955 Chilean here to study ... (il) TNT 5/15/1958 Pollution blast ... TNT 3/18/1962 p.D11 Permit sought for dredging TNT 6/13/1963 p.D2 Board approves power contract for paper plant TNT 6/23/1964 p.1 West Tacoma will spend $12,000,000 TNT 12/2/1964 p.A1 Paper plant filling pit in Steilacoom TNT 8/20/1967 p.C21 (addition) TNT 5/12/1968 p.C21 (permit taken for commercial water filter bldg.) TNT 10/17/1969 Stockholders approve merger with Boise Cascade Corp. TNT 6/19/1970 Scheduled to have a primary water clarifer installed by Dec. 1971 ----- Boise Cascade West Tacoma Mill TNT 7/15/1978 Second gate picketed, Boise Cascade strike quiet TNT 7/19/1978 All's quiet on paper mill strike front TNT 7/25/1978 Struck paper will reopen here TNT 1/30/1979 Boise Cascade strike ends ----- Abitibi Consolidated Sales Corp., Inc. -closed 12/29/2000 TNT 1/29/1998 p.B1 Relief likely from rotten-egg odor TNT 1/30/1998 Officials think they've found an answer for stink in Steilacoom TNT 2/5/1998 p.A1 Plant's odor still creates stink in Steilacoom TNT 2/12/1998 p.B2 Steilacoom residents wary of vows to eliminate stench TNT 2/17/1998 p.B1 Residents, mill officials breathing easier in Steilacoom TNT 4/29/1998 p.B5 Big stink from Steilacoom newsprint plant nets $15,000 fine Lakewood Journal 3/4/1999 p.5 Steilacoom ponders the unthinkable ... possible loss of Abitibi tax base TNT 6/22/1999 p.D1 Endless harvest of savings/recycling innovation earns Steilacoom paper mill awards, renown TNT 6/26/1999 p.D7 ... to cut back paper making, elimate 50 jobs Univ. Place Journal 8/13/1999 p.3 Steilacoom mill cuts staff, focuses on recycling (il) TNT 7/22/2000 p.A1 Abitibi mill to close in Steilacoom (il) Lakewood Journal 7/26/2000 p.1 Abitibi mill will shut down TNT 12/13/2000 p.B6 County receives gift of Chambers Creek land (Abitibi donates 15.2 acres for Chambers Creek Canyon Park) TNT 12/29/2000 p.D1 Abitibi mill closes down today (interior il) Business Examiner 12/25/2006 p.19 Mill site could be home to waterfront housing project Business Examiner 4/30/2007 p.25 Abitibi property price, breach of contract lead to lawsuit (il) TNT 1/25/2009 p.B1 School district interested in mill site (il) TNT 1/8/2010 p.A3 Offer made for former mill TNT 4/5/2010 p.A3 Uncertainty surrounds future of former mill TNT 5/28/2011 p.A5 Crews will let fire at mill burn itself out TNT 12/4/2012 p.A3 Group eyes old mill site for natural restoration ----- TNT 6/7/2013 p.A10 New owner for former paper mill site
- Year Built: 1918
- Decade Built: 1910s
- Demolished: 2011