Interior view of newly expanded and modernized St. Regis paper mill; the company's new and modern machinery and equipment make high volume paper production possible. Photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers. General Electric had their Tacoma offices located in the Washington Building at 1019 Pacific Avenue.

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In 1950 St. Regis began expanding the pulp mill in Tacoma, this project was expected to be completed in 1951. The addition of the kraft paper producing department in Tacoma began in 1945, the plant began producing paper in January 1949. View of General Electric machinery; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

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St. Regis was making kraft paper in six of their mills, they manufactured about 360,000 tons of kraft paper per year. Tacoma was the newest kraft paper producing mill; paper production began January 5, 1949. Interior view of St. Regis plant, control panels with gauges and dials monitor the plant's productivity; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

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The completion of the kraft paper mill in Tacoma, allowed St. Regis a considerable increase in the paper production industry. Interior view of St. Regis plant, view of Jones Majestic machinery; photo ordered by E. D. Jones and Sons Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers based out of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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The completion of the expansion project in Tacoma, have made this plant the focal point for St. Regis' expanding pulp, paper and multiwall bag operations in the West. Interior view of St. Regis plant, view of Jones Majestic machinery; photo ordered by E. D. Jones and Sons Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers based out of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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Interior view of St. Regis plant, this battery of ten "Jones Majestic" Jordans is each driven by a 400 horsepower motor, the Jordans prepare stock for the Fourdrinier paper machines. Photo ordered by E. D. Jones and Sons Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers based out of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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St. Regis had more than twenty plants throughout the world, in 1949 the company's focus was on the Tacoma plant, due to the start of kraft paper production. Interior view of St. Regis plant, view of Jones Majestic machinery; photo ordered by E. D. Jones and Sons Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers based out of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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St. Regis' first mill was located in Deferiet, New York; they now had paper and pulp mills located throughout the world. Interior view of the Tacoma St. Regis plant, an unidentified man is working with recently installed equipment. Photo ordered by Drew Engineering Company, an industrial air systems business, based out of Portland, Oregon.

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St. Regis began producing paper in the Tacoma plant in January 1949; view of the new high speed kraft paper machine that is designed to operate at 2,000 feet per minute and produce paper nearly fourteen feet wide. Photo ordered by Drew Engineering Company, an industrial air systems business, based out of Portland, Oregon.

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Two workers are pictured unloading a roll of Kraft paper to join others already stored in St. Regis' paper storage room. St. Regis had began producing paper in January of 1949 as it used the most modern equipment available at the time to convert liquid pulp into heavy multiwall Kraft paper. The plant was able to produce about 240 tons of multiwall bag paper per day.

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St. Regis is one of the pulp and paper companies that carry the paper producing cycle all the way from wood, to pulp, to paper, and into other various products. View of unidentified worker sitting in an operating booth, he is likely in the area where logs are kept prior to the wood chipping process.

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The pulp capacity at Tacoma has been planned so that this mill can make adequate quantities of bleached sulphate pulp available to the market, and at the same time supply the necessary bleached and unbleached sulphate pulp for its new high producing Kraft paper machine. Aerial view of St. Regis plant, located in Tacoma's tideflats area.

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Tacoma's St. Regis plant has been extremely busy since the end of World War II. The pulp plant has been modernized and a paper mill has been added; these combined improvements strengthen the company's position in pulp, Kraft paper, Kraft board and multiwall bags. Aerial view of St. Regis plant, located in Tacoma's tideflats area.

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St. Regis has been expanding and improving their facilities and plants throughout the world based on research being conducted in their Research and Development Departments. The company's laboratories are ranked among the highest in the paper and pulp industry. View of unidentified men in research and testing area in Tacoma's St. Regis plant in this photograph dated January 21, 1949. (S4)

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The St. Regis laboratories were conducting various types of research related to the pulp and paper industry. In 1949, they were focusing in an extensive program connected with pulping, new paper coatings, and new paper products. The laboratories helped maintain high levels of quality control. View of unidentified men in research and testing area at Tacoma's St. Regis plant. (S5)

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The Tacoma plant was producing both bleached and unbleached Kraft paper. This plant was able to supply its own pulp from the local mill, therefore making St. Regis-Tacoma very important in the paper industry. Interior view of Tacoma's St. Regis plant, wood chips are being processed prior to the Kraft paper production.

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In 1949 St. Regis ranked among the top companies in the paper and pulp industry. Interior view of St. Regis plant, Ederer cranes with 24 ton capacity are being used in paper mill. Photo ordered by Ederer Engineering Company, cranes, hoist and veneer machinery manufacturers based out of Seattle, Washington.

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St. Regis was able to broaden their range of products and increase production capacity by enlarging their Tacoma plant and beginning the production of kraft paper. Interior view of St. Regis plant, Ederer cranes with 24 ton capacity are being used in paper mill. Photo ordered by Ederer Engineering Company, cranes, hoist and veneer machinery manufacturers based out of Seattle, Washington.

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St. Regis Paper Company was organized in 1899, they began manufacturing paper in New York in 1901. Interior view of St. Regis paper mill in Tacoma, seven rolls of paper are lined up, one roll is being moved by an Ederer manufactured crane. Photo ordered by Ederer Engineering Company, cranes, hoist and veneer machinery manufacturers based out of Seattle, Washington.

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St. Regis had started producing kraft paper in January 1949, the tacoma plant had been remodeled over a long period of time and was operating at full capacity. View of St. Regis Paper Company Kraft Pulp Division; new mill on left, new laboratory is currently under construction; building contractor is Howard S. Wright and Company (T. Times, 3/13/49, p. 19).

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St. Regis paper plant in Tacoma is the focal point of the company's expanding pulp, paper and multiwall bag operations in the West Coast. The paper mill was recently completed and is one of the largest and most modern plants in the United States. The new paper producing mill is now able to mass produce paper and offer their customers their quality product in higher volumes and lower prices. Workmen are using an "Ederer" crane to move an enormous roll of paper.

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St. Regis consistently worked on intensive product development and sales promotion activities, not only to improve the penetration into existing markets, but to open up entirely new fields. Tacoma's St.Regis plant would have their own research laboratory within the industrial site. Interior view of plant, paper roll is being moved by a large "Ederer" crane.

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One of the employees at St. Regis Paper Company records information from a printout at one of the machines in the plant. Ordered by McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY.

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An employee at St. Regis watches to be sure all goes well in the wet pulp to paper process in the new kraft paper plant. Ordered by McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY.

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A view of the interior of the kraft paper mill at St. Regis Paper Company. The new high speed kraft paper machine was designed to operate at 2000 feet per minute and produce paper nearly fourteen feet wide (166 inches). It started operation January 5, 1949. The Poodle Dog Restaurant in Fife, Washington, had a large display of local points of interest on one of their walls. Copy of customer's negative for Poodle Dog enlargement. (St. Regis Paper Company Annual Report for 1949)

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St. Regis Paper Company dominated the Tacoma Tideflats with their ever expanding facilities at the terminus of the Puyallup Waterway. Taken from the top of the water tank. Ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., Mr. J.H. McCarthy.

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Chip feeder at St. Regis plant, Link Belt Company, Mr. R.W. Johnson. Bark was first removed from logs and moved to the woodroom. From the woodroom chunks of wood were moved to wood chippers where they were broken into fine chips. These went into a hopper in the top of a digester where the chips were broken down by chemicals and the resulting pulp was washed and bleached. This large, funnel-shaped machine handled the fine chipping and delivery to the digester.

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St. Regis had been expanding their facilities for many years, the company had added new buildings and had recently begun the mass production of paper in Tacoma. St. Regis began producing paper in January 1949; the paper mill was converting the liquid pulp into heavy multiwall Kraft paper, using the most modern equipment available. Interior view of plant and new roll grinding machine.

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Progress photograph of steelwork at St. Regis Paper Company. The new multiwall bag plant, adjoining the paper mill, was to replace a leased plant at Seattle. The plant was expected to be in operation before April 1, 1952. It would employ approximately 400 people, including a large percentage of women. (St. Regis Annual Report 1951)

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Dexter's Machine at St. Regis Paper Company. During 1950 the pulp mill at Tacoma was expanded. St. Regis made kraft paper at six mills with a combined capacity of approximately 360,000 tons a year. Ordered by Bird Machine Company, South Walpole, Massachusetts, Mr. V. Fahlgren.

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