This St. Regis Paper Co. stacker was capable of lifting 60 tons. In this November 29, 1965, photograph taken in the company's new Tacoma dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, the stacker picks up a full rail-car load at one time and transfers the logs to storage decks which are classified by species and grades. The new facility was created on the harbor front by filling in a saltwater log pond between the sawmill and the kraft mill. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on the 35-acre new addition; an L-shaped veneer mill and a stud mill were also built adjacent to the yard. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;
Log stacker in action at St. Regis dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, November, 1965. 1965 saw the completion of several modernization projects for St. Regis Paper Co. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on part of 35-acres newly created by the filling in of a saltwater log pond. This would prove to be more efficient than log ponds and booming grounds. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;
Several men have stopped to take a coffee break overlooking Kapowsin Lake during the summer of 1963. One man appears to be taking the group's picture, perhaps unaware that he himself is also being photographed by the Richards Studio photographer. St. Regis Paper Co. had formerly used the lake to sort and store logs. By changing to a new 35-acre dry-land log-sorting and storage yard in Kapowsin, St. Regis freed the lake for fuller recreational use by the public. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1964 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 25)
Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin; Kapowsin Lake (Wash.); St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin);
Three men, employees of St. Regis Paper Co., stand before part of the company's Mineral-Morton tree operations, in this July, 1962, photograph. The man in the center is G. Boyce Wadsworth who would retire in the mid-80s as Logging Superintendent and the man on the far right is believed to be Robert L. Martin, St. Regis' logging and forestry manager. A snow-capped Mount Rainier looms in the background. Logs harvested from this area would be sent to Tacoma for processing. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Wadsworth identification supplied by viewer)
Forests; Firs; Mountains--Washington--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral); Wadsworth, G. Boyce;
Truck #520 is loaded with logs and on its way to St. Regis' Tacoma plant in July, 1962. The harvested logs were taken from the company's tree farms in the Mineral-Morton area. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. This picture was used in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s 1962 Annual Report. (1962 St. Regis Paper Co. Annual Report, p. 25)
Trucks--1960-1970; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
ca. 1962. An unidentified worker imputs entries into the IBM-1792 machine in late 1962. There is a Monroe adding machine directly below. This was possibly taken at the St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma kraft mill. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
View of enlarged machine room in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s kraft paper and board mill on November 28, 1960. This progress photograph was taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant from New York City, for possible use in St. Regis' 1960 Annual report. A new paper machine was being erected in 1960 which would increase and diversify Tacoma's paper and board capacity. (St. Regis 1960 Annual Report, p. 7)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;
July, 1961, saw the installation of a Fibre Making Processes, Inc., barking drum at the Tacoma St. Regis Paper Co. plant. The 12' x 67.5' drum tumbles logs or billets by mechanical rotation which strips the bark using abrasive action. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago, IL.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
View of bark conveyer at St. Regis' Tacoma plant. One small log is resting on side of conveyer belt. Fibre Making Processes, Inc., had its 12 foot barking drum installed in early July, 1961. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
The discharge end of a new Fibre Making Processes, Inc., barking drum with view of discharge gate and cut small logs; barking drum located at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma plant. The bark would be removed by abrasive action of the rotating mechanical drum. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
ca. 1961. St. Regis lumber operations, Klickitat. Timber is being loaded onto a yellow truck for transport. This is probably pine as the company's Klickitat mill produced ponderosa pine exclusively. (scan from original negative, no print on file)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat;
ca. 1961. Timber being loaded onto truck at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Klickitat forest lands circa 1961. Company mill there would turn the pine logs into lumber for shipment. That particular mill produced ponderosa pine exclusively. The pine would be used for millwork, interior finish, and residential and light commercial buildings. (scan from original negative, no print on file)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Hoisting machinery;
Chip feeding operation at St. Regis Paper Co. 's Tacoma plant. Mounds of wood chips blanket the area. St. Regis allowed storage of pulp-mill chips outside its kraft mill location. Sulphate pulp is one of the products made from chips made out of waste wood. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
View of outdoor chip feeding section of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma, May, 1961. The low covered structure may have housed wood chips. Machinery in background was probably used to transport the chips. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
ca. 1961. A Hyster lift truck loads lumber for shipment at the Klickitat, Washington, sawmill. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway car is nearly full. The St. Regis Klickitat mill produces ponderosa pine exclusively. Ponderosa pine was an extremely versatile softwood, noted for its smoothness and fine appearance. It was used for millwork, interior finish, and residential and light commercial buildings. This picture was used in the 1961 St. Regis annual report. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant. (1961 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 20)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Railroad freight cars--Klickitat;
ca. 1961. Engine #120, with an exhaust of smoke, travels with a full load of logs probably bound for the St. Regis Paper Co. sawmill in Klickitat, Washington, circa 1961. From there the finished lumber would be shipped via railroad cars. (scan from original negative, no print on file)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Railroad locomotives--1960-1970; Logs;
Chip feeder in operation at St. Regis Paper Co. May, 1961, photograph of one of the chip feeders on wheels employed at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma. Pounds of wood chips accumulate on wooden shelf. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
The Samuel M. Langston Co. of Camden, N.J., made equipment for the corrugated container industry for over 100 years. View of Langston machinery at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in September, 1961; machines may include the counter roll rewinder and/or shaftless rewind stand. Large roll of kraft paper on Langston machine. Northern Pacific boxcars conveniently located in rear of picture. Photograph ordered by the Samuel M. Langston Co.
Machinery; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma;
A Veneer Chip Transport Kenworth truck and trailer, indicating capacity weight of under 36,000, is parked outside the St. Regis plant on Portland Avenue on April 11, 1960. The photograph would be used for advertising. Photograph ordered by Kenworth Motor Truck Co., Seattle.
Trucks--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970;
August, 1960, progress photographs of St. Regis Paper Co. mill ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. View of portion of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in the Tideflats including stacks of logs piled adjacent to railroad tracks. Cylinder-shaped structure is probably the new continuous digester which was expected to increase capacity by 325 tons per day. The tower is 110 feet high. Capital expenditures for 1960 & 1961 included $20,893,881 for the Kraft mill expansion of St. Regis' Tacoma plant. This amount, by far, was the highest budgeted for those years and accounted for over one-third of the money planned for new construction and plant improvement. The addition to the Tacoma mill was made to permit St. Regis to furnish a larger part of the needs of the company's own box plants and bag factories in the western and midwest states. (1960 Annual report, p. 3, 6, TNT 11-13-60, A-18)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Logs; Machinery;
Progress photographs of St. Regis Paper Co. expansion taken on August 11, 1960, on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. Long general view of machine room taken from balcony on north end. The machine room was enlarged at the Kraft paper and board mill located in the Tideflats during a twenty million dollar expansion scheduled for 1960-61. A new paper machine would be added by year's end which would increase and diversify the Tacoma mill's paper and board capacity. (1960 Annual Report, p. 6, 7)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;
St. Regis timber operations in Mineral forest stand, August 2, 1960. Clear cutting is evident in this section of Mineral forest owned by the St. Regis Paper Co. Stumps and pieces of fallen timber are scattered amidst the knee-length grass. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Tree stumps; Clearing of land; Trees; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
ca. 1959. The St. Regis Paper Co. kraft pulp and paper mill and multiwall bag plant at Tacoma, Washington. The plant was a major producing unit serving the western states. Late in 1959, construction was started to expand the pulp mill and install a second machine which would produce kraft paper and board, more than doubling the output of the mill. The new kraft paper and paper board machine was 130 feet wide and 630 feet long. It would require 150 additional employees at a payroll of 3/4 million dollars. Additions were being made to the steam and recovery plants, pulp mill (left) and to the paper mill (right.) (St. Regis Paper Co. Annual Report- 1959; TNT 11/5/1959, pg. 1)
Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
ca. 1959. Cement bags being produced in St. Regis's multi-wall bag plant in Tacoma. The bags are for Dacotah Portland Cement, produced by the South Dakota Cement plant in Rapid City, SD.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Paper and pulp production at the R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. A worker controls the amount of liquid pouring on the rollers by means of a valve, as part of the pulp manufacturing process. Wood is composed of cellulose fibers that are cemented together with a substance called lignin. To transform wood into pulp, the fibers must be separated. This separation is done using either a mechanical or a chemical process. Wood is cooked in huge vats with chemicals. The combined actions of heat and the chemicals dissolve the lignin. The pulp is then bleached, using chemicals that make it not only whiter but also more resistant and absorbent. Photographs ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960;
Pulp manufacturing process at the R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. A pipe pours hot liquid into this vat, forming a steaming cauldron at this stage of the pulp making business. Chemicals and steam are being used to separate the fiber from the lignin, the material that binds it together. Photographs ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960;
Paper quality control testing at R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. The technician appears to be measuring by stopwatch how quickly the ink blots spread on the paper samples. Photographs ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960; Product inspection--Longview; Testing--Longview;
R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie. This is possibly the office for the paper company. As of 1965, the company was still operating in Longview and making specialty, such as waxed, papers.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960;
Pulp manufacturing process at R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie. The workers seems diminutive next to the vast circular vats filled with pulp. In the pulp making process, chemicals are used to separate the wood fibers from the lignin that binds it together. The fibers are then bleached and sent through the paper machine for sheeting and drying.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960;
Paper quality control testing at R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. Two white coated lab technicians work in the lab performing tests. Tests are performed on the finished product for water content, smoothness, weight, color, resistance and opacity. Photographs ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960; Product inspection--Longview; Testing--Longview;
