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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

St. Regis Paper Co. employee leans over a Langston machine on September 29, 1961. Man appears to be working with small roll of kraft paper. The Samuel M. Langston Co. made machines, basically rewinders, for the corrugated container industry. Based in Camden, N.J., they were in operations for more than one hundred years. Photograph ordered by the Samuel Langston Co.

Machinery; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970;

Western Gear Corporation of Seattle installed new machinery at St. Regis Paper Co. Tacoma plant on October 13, 1961. View of machine with mountain of pulp-mill chips in background. The kraft mill stored outdoors piles of the chips, most of them purchased from local plywood and sawmills.

Machinery; Western Gear Corp. (Seattle); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

ca. 1961. Customer print of aerial view of St. Regis Paper Co. plant and looming Mount Rainier, ca. 1961. By 1961, St. Regis was one of the most widely diversified manufacturers of paper and packaging. It had 111 mills, converting and manufacturing plants and was the only company with mills in all paper-making areas of the country. Tacoma had a new kraft paper and paperboard machine that went into production in 1961. The machine's rated capacity was 400 tons a day and it made a sheet over 20 feet wide. The kraft machine was a major element in a substantial program of expansion and modernization that had been going on in Tacoma for more than two years. (1961 St. Regis Annual Report)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Factories--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

This aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company's chip operations was taken in mid-September of 1964. A barge marked "Vancouver Tug" unloads tons of pulp-mill chips at the Tacoma kraft mill of St. Regis Paper. Two large mountains of chips are in storage outside side-by-side. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Aerial photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Barges--Canada--Vancouver;

St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO William R. Adams stands next to enormous rolls of (kraft) paper on June 15, 1965, during a visit to the company's Tacoma plant. Adams, of New York, was in Tacoma along with Chrm. of the Board Roy Ferguson for dedication ceremonies commemorating the grand opening of the company's new $5,000,000 veneer plant and studmill. He would speak to 400 invited guests at a luncheon held at the plant site. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

Informal portrait of St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO, William R. Adams. Mr. Adams paid a visit to the company's Tacoma plant in mid-June, 1965. He stands with his arms crossed near rolls of (kraft) paper. He and Chairman of the Board Roy Ferguson were present for the dedication of St. Regis' new veneer plant and studmill. The new studmill had an annual capacity of 40 million board feet. The veneer plant used peeler logs for its plywood plants in Tacoma and Olympia. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

1973 Richards stock footage. Aerial view in July of 1973 of the St. Regis Paper Co. The Puyallup Waterway is directly behind the plant. Due to St. Regis' vigorous efforts to curtail pollution, there is no sign of the plant's usual massive smoke emissions. TPL-5484

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Aerial views; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma);

ca. 1973. 1973 Richards stock footage. Aerial photograph, probably taken in the fall of 1973, of the St. Regis Paper Co. The plant, the county's largest non-military employer, was located between the Puyallup and St. Paul Waterways. St. Regis would be acquired by Champion International Corp. in 1984 and subsequently sold to Simpson Tacoma Kraft the following year. Simpson Tacoma Kraft still maintains the plant in 2007.

Aerial views; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma); St. Paul Waterway (Tacoma);