Interiors at St. Regis Tacoma plant for 1952 Annual Report showing a recovery boiler. A major expansion program completed in 1952 increased the company's production capacity. St. Regis products made in Tacoma included sulphate pulp, kraft paper and board and multiwall bags. Products made in their other plants also included printing and publications papers and industrial and decorative plastics. A forerunner in conservation and recycling, Kaiser operated an efficient plant and originated the use of wood chips and ends in the paper process.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
An aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company plant showing the completed multi-wall bag plant (with the dark roof dotted with vents) and the narrow kraft-paper mill.
Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
An aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company. Logs would be pulled up the ramp in the foreground from the log pond into the woodroom in the building close to the edge of Commencement Bay. TPL-5903
Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
An aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company's completed multi-wall bag plant in the foreground with white walls, dark roof and small white chimneys dotting the roof.
Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
An aerial view of St. Regis plant showing the company's new multi-wall bag plant on the right. The narrow building behind it is the kraft-pulp division. The plant is located on the Tacoma tideflats at the end of the land between the Puyallup Waterway and St. Paul Waterway. Log booms are tied together off the end of the property.
Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
The exterior of St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. The economy of Canada continued to expand in 1953 and St. Regis paper Company increased the production of its bags, required by the country's enlarged business activity. In addition to supplying multiwall bags, the Canadian company made available to its customers the same bag-filling and weighing machines which were manufactured and sold by St. Regis in the United States. (St. Regis Paper Co. 1953 Annual Report)
Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);
A man is moving large rolls of preprinted paper for bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. Labels have the name "B.C. Sugar Refinery" on them. A forklift with a curved scoop on the front has been used to bring the roll to the open door and behind the door a hoist made with chains is seen lifting another roll.
Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);
Workers are shown handling bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. A line of sewing machines have been arranged with large spools of string and bottles of glue to secure the bottom seam of the bags. TPL-3767
Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.); Sewing machines;
Workers, mostly women, are seen during several stages of the manufacturing process at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. On the right, conveyor belts bring the newly cut, pre-printed bags into the work area. Towards the rear on the left people are sewing glued tape over each end of the bags. A filter cord was applied across the needle holes to prevent shifting. A valve was created by a fold at one end of the bag near the sewn end. The bags would be filled through the valve and the pressure of the material in the bag closed the valve when removed from the filling machine. (St. Regis Paper Co. 1953 Annual Report)
Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);
A man is running a printer for lables on bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. Labels have the name "British Columbia Cement Co., Ltd., Victoria, B.C" on them.
Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);
Koppers Precipitator at St. Regis Paper Co. Interior of building with brick wall with several round tanks of various sizes on top with pipes and valves coming out - some marked "danger-high voltage." St. Regis completed an eight year expansion and improvement program in 1952. Included in that program was the construction of a new combustion engineering company furnace. The six story high furnace had a capacity of 225 tons and was built in conjunction with the Koppers electric precipitator. The precipitator collected odor bearing particles before they escaped the chimney into the air thus reducing pollution and odor. (TNT 2-17-1952, pg. C-14)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Exterior shot of new Recovery Building at St. Regis Paper Company. This new building housed the six story high combustion furnace and the Koppers electric precipitator. The precipitator collected odor bearing particles before they could escape the chimney into the open air. This was part of the company's program to reduce odor caused by the chemical processes of producing pulp. (TNT 2-17-1952, pg. C-14)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
An elevated view of St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant showing the covered loading dock where freight cars are being loaded. The roof has been built in a series of angled sections to allow clerestory windows to provide daylight to the interior of the plant. The Middle Waterway is seen immediately adjacent to the plant and the business district of Tacoma is seen further in the distance on the right.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Seven men and women are operating machinery at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant. Rolls of brown paper are seen on the far right. The paper is fed into folding machines which eject the multiple-layer tubes onto a conveyor belt on the left. Here women are removing and stacking the brown paper tubes ready for the next operation in completing the bags, sewing the ends closed.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Several men are adjusting the printing machinery at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant. Bags were printed in the shop before being made into bags. A man on the right end checks the printing. Two other men further to the right are checking that the rolls of paper are feeding smoothly.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
A huge roll of brown paper at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant is being moved using a crane manufactured by Ederer Engineering Company. The crane is located near the roof of the large warehouse and cables from the crane hold arms that grab the rolls of paper. The rolls can be moved both vertically and horizontally throughout the warehouse where tall stacks of the rolls of paper are seen.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Ederer Engineering Co. (Seattle); Machinery industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Many employees are working at several different machines inside St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant where bags are printed, assembled, stacked, and bundled. Overhead wiring provided electricity to run the many sewing machines and conveyor belts.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sewing machines;
Men are adjusting the folding machines at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant while two women are stacking bags as they are ejected onto a conveyor belt. More rolls of paper stand at the back of the workroom ready to be moved onto the folding machines when they are needed. A crane hangs empty over them.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Men are loading a completed order of multiwall paper sacks at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant. A railroad freight car has been pulled up inside the covered loading dock at the plant and the bags, stacked on a pallet, are being delivered to the freight car with a forklift.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Loading docks--Tacoma;
Three men are standing or sitting at plywood drafting tables at St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant. Drawings of three different bag designs are posted on the left wall. A cabinet is seen on the right with many shallow drawers.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
ca. 1953. St. Regis Paper Co.--Florida. St. Regis continued to expand its base of business to include the southern portion of the United States. Besides the "Kraft center" in Pensacola, Florida, St. Regis also built a new kraft paper and board mill, including pulp manufacturing facilities, in Jacksonville in 1952-53. View of multi-glassed office building in Jacksonville with St. Regis logo; it may have been the administrative offices of the company there.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Jacksonville, Fl.)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Industrial facilities--Jacksonville--1950-1960;
ca. 1953. St. Regis Paper Co. plant. The above photograph was taken of the Jacksonville, Florida, St. Regis plant in 1953, one of many that were located in the United States and abroad. Plants were carefully planned to have both rail and water transportation readily available. The new Jacksonville mill started production in January, 1953. Corrugating and liner boards were produced in tons. The one paper machine was being modified so that it could produce lightweight kraft papers as well as heavy boards. (1953 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 10)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Jacksonville, Fl.)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Industrial facilities--Jacksonville--1950-1960;
ca. 1953. Close-up view of holding tanks at St. Regis; photograph probably taken in 1953. These tanks appear to be inter-connected with metal pipes leading from one tank to another. They may have contained pulp which would be pumped either to a plant to be bleached, to the paper mill to be made into paper or converted into pulp sheets. In another instance, the tanks might also have contained the black liquor which is removed from the pulp after much washing. Photograph ordered by IMPCO. (TNT 2-17-52, C-11)
ca. 1953. Riegel Carolina Paper & Pulp Mill, Acme, N. Carolina. Ordered by General Electric. Mountains of timber piled up for processing into paper and pulp. What appears to be a long conveyer belt carries the timber into the mill. Hoisting machinery available for lifting the timber onto the belt.
ca. 1953. A P & H crane operator maneuvers his winch to gather logs, possibly to drop them in the log storage pile beside him. This photograph was possibly taken in 1953, perhaps at one of St. Regis Paper Co.'s facilities. St. Regis had plants and mills all over the country, including the southern United States, as well as in Canada and South America.
ca. 1953. An immense pile of logs, many feet higher than the sturdy Chevrolet and Ford trucks beside it, remains to be loaded for delivery to the Jacksonville, Florida, St. Regis Paper Co. plant in 1953. Workers have begun to stack the logs on truck beds. Unlike the Tacoma plant who utilized log dumps in the Milwaukee Waterway, the Florida plant apparently utilized a pulpwood storage yard at its new kraft mill. The barking plant handled up to 650 cords per day of pine logs from Florida and Georgia; these cords would be consumed by the mill in producing 300-400 tons of kraft paper or boards per day. (1953 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 11)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Jacksonville, Fl.)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Logs; Chevrolet trucks; Ford trucks;
ca. 1953. Exterior of St. Regis Paper Co. plant. A multi-colored smokestack is just one of many at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Jacksonville, Florida, in a 1953 photograph. St. Regis had plants in several states as well as in Canada and South America. The Jacksonville plant was one of the newest; it was a kraft paper and board mill, including pulp manufacturing facilities, constructed in 1952. It began production in January, 1953, and helped to increase national overall production of kraft paper and boards to 486,000 tons from the 1952 total of 351,000 tons. (1953 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 10)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Jacksonville, Fl.)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Industrial facilities--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Smokestacks--Jacksonville;
ca. 1953. A shirtless worker pushes a button that will perhaps move the heavy rolls of kraft paper while a co-worker watches carefully. This 1953 photograph was probably taken in the Jacksonville, Florida, St. Regis Paper Co. plant. Each roll was apparently marked with the type of product, place of production, customer code, size, roll #, and tonnage. Roll #3 weighed 2168 pounds and was listed as "asphalting kraft."
St. Regis Paper Co. (Jacksonville, Fl.)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Jacksonville--1950-1960; Industrial facilities--Jacksonville--1950-1960;
