Unidentified equipment at St. Regis. St. Regis Kraft in Tacoma had undergone a $1,000,000 modernization project so that the company could move into bleached pulp production. New machinery was purchased and the site expanded. The purpose of the tall structure shown above was not provided; each row had six concrete or metal handles. G37.1-027
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma); Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Equipment;
Reconstruction and expansion of the St. Regis Kraft facility in the Tideflats was nearly completed in late December of 1936. The company had spent $1,000,000, a tidy sum in the Depression years, to update their large pulp plant to handle the production of bleached pulp. New machinery was purchased to deal with 25,000 short logs per hour, including electric saws to cut the logs into irregular-shaped chunks and machines to bark the logs before going to regular pulp chippers. The bleaching unit would be ready in early 1937. G34.1-104 (T.Times 10-14-36, p. 5-article; T.Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma); Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940;
1936 daily operations at St. Regis. View of a thick cluster of narrow steel or cement pipes at a St. Regis Paper Co. facility, probably the Tacoma location at 801 Portland Ave. in December of 1936. The St. Regis plant in Tacoma had undergone massive remodeling for several months to make it into a modern plant capable of producing 60,000 tons of bleached pulp per year. G37.1-026 (T.Times 10-14-36, p. 5-article; T. Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940;
1936 daily operations at St. Regis. This is believed to be the St. Regis Paper Co. facility in Tacoma at 801 Portland Ave. as pictured in December of 1936. This exterior view of the plant shows its close proximity to railroad tracks which meant easier transport of its products. Pieces of lumber are strewn about and a wheelbarrow and other small carts are present. The Tacoma St. Regis Kraft Co. pulp plant had undergone modernization of its facility earlier in 1936 including new machinery and expansion of the plant. By the end of November, 1936, the plant was operating with a crew of 250. St. Regis expected that the bleaching unit would be ready in 90 days; until then, unbleached pulp as formerly produced would be manufactured. G37.1-021 (T.Times 10-14-36, p. 5-article; T. Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940;
1936 daily operations at St. Regis. Interiors of the newly remodeled and expanded St. Regis Kraft Co. plant on the Tideflats were photographed on December 21-22, 1936. The company had spent a million dollars in the extensive remodeling project during 1936 which was nearly completed. This view appears to be of wood framed windows with two latches apiece. G37.1-014 (T.Times 10-14-36, p. 5; T. Times 11-25-36, p. 5-articles, no pictures, on both pages regarding remodeling)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940;
This internal view of St. Regis was taken in December of 1936. The location was not specified but it is believed to be the big paper mill at 801 Portland Ave., the former location of Union Bag & Paper Co. This particular view shows wet floors, drains, and machinery on both sides. It is possible that a washer had broken causing the wetness. TPL-6802; G37.1-013
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;
27 images. Union Bag & Paper Co. Albertson, Cornell Bros. & Walsh, contr. -formerly 801 Canal St., address changed c.1975 SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 9/1/1927 p.1 Big pulp plant, sawmill to rise on Tideflats here
TDL 11/26/1927 p.1 Ready to build new pulp mill
TDL 12/15/1927 p.9 $800,000 building permit is issued for new pulp mill
TDL 12/17/1927 p.2 Firms awarded big contracts
TDL 1/26/1928 p.1 (il under construction)
TDL 4/10/1928 Sec.III p.5 (il under construction)
TDL 5/27/1928 p.G7 Foreign consuls see Tacoma ... (il under construction)
TDL 6/10/1928 p.A2 (il under construction)
TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.5 (il) ----- St. Regis Kraft Co.
TDL 7/26/1930 p.1 Big Tideflats paper mill is in prospect
TDL 5/5/1936 p.1 Pulp firm to spend $1,000,000
TDL 9/6/1936 p.A1 St. Regis building speeded (il)
TDL 10/14/1936 p.3 New mill to reverse old ideas; St. Regis cutup plant will be unique T.Times 11/24/1936 Odor will be eliminated at St. Regis Kraft plant
TDL 11/25/1936 p.1 St. Regis pulp plant operating ... rebuilding ears end
TDL 3/28/1937 p.C12 City offers pulp plants every natural resource (il) T.Times 4/21/1937 Professor to sniff odor at pulp plant T.Times 5/10/1937 ... to eliminate stench T.Times 9/27/1937 ... to eliminate odors
TNT 11/28/1937 p.B8 $250,000 to end gas odor (il)
TNT 2/20/1942 p.21 ... new permits (boiler house addition and drying room)
TNT 4/21/1942 p.B7 Big paper company plant is expanding (il)
TNT 10/30/1942 p.1 St. Regis to outfit ships; big pulp plant, ordered to close, plans gigantic conversion ...
TNT 12/13/1943 p.1 St. Regis plant to reopen
TNT 7/25/1945 "That smell" in the news
TNT 11/1/1946 St. Regis buys land
TNT 1/23/1947 p.1 St. Regis to erect bldg. (to house storage tanks)
TNT 3/18/1947 p.1 $4,000,000 plant for Tacoma (paper bag plant)
TNT 7/30/1947 Hope to cut down odor
TNT 8/6/1947 p.1 O.K. huge Tideflat plant ... odor to be killed
TNT 8/20/1947 p.1 City gets $6,000,000 paper plant
TNT 10/7/1947 p.5 Grant permit to St. Regis (new precipitator shel)
TNT 12/15/1947 p.1 St. Regis gets permit
TNT 2/17/1948 p.B4,B5 Pulp and paper industry of Southwest Washington expands (il)
TNT 12/16/1948 p.B8 (addition to offices)
TNT 2/14/1950 (aerial il)
TNT 6/15/1951 p.1 Start big bag plant
TNT 2/17/1952 p.C14 Pulp output rising as St. Regis grows (il)
TNT 4/6/1952 p.C14 St. Regis construction (il of new roll storage pit bldg.)
TNT 10/19/1952 Tacoma payroll aided by new bag plant (il)
TNT 3/11/1957 p.6 St. Regis plant takes step to cut pollution (il of oxidation tower)
TNT 7/28/1957 p.B6 Coming out party ( il of cooking digester being replaced)
TNT 9/2/1957 p.C13 New washing system (interior il)
TNT 12/18/1958 p.A1 Plant to abate pulp stench
TNT 7/21/1959 p.1 Firm plans $30 million wing (aerial il)
TNT 11/5/1959 p.A1,C4 $30,000,000 project begun at St. Regis (il)
TNT 1/3/1960 p.B14 Watch set on teredos at St. Regis Paper Co.
TNT 4/3/1960 p.A18 Log-gulping, paper- making machine worth 4 1/2 million is being installed (new bldg. to house Western Star papermaking machine) (il)
TNT 5/1/1960 p.B12 Huge lime kiln reaches St. Regis plant here (il)
TNT 6/23/1960 p.A1 St. Regis adds 9 million gallons to water use
TNT 9/5/1960 p.C11 (ad,aerial il)
TNT 11/13/1960 p.A18 ... expansion in progress (il,interior il)
TNT 12/18/1960 p.A6 St. Regis will install 30-inch water main
TNT 2/5/1961 p.B15 New St. Regis plant work progressing
TNT 3/12/1961 p.A16 St. Regis installing huge paper making machine (interior il)
TNT 7/25/1961 p.C1-C18 An expanded industry for Tacoma! (il)
TNT 7/27/1961 p.A1 St. Regis dedicates $30 million expansion (il) '
TNT 12/24/1961 p.A10 St. Regis paper company works hard spends millions to alleviate air pollution (il)
TNT 4/29/1962 p.B9 (addition to continuous digester bldg.)
TNT 5/20/1962 Magazine (aerial il)
TNT 8/22/1962 p.B2 ... will install new digester (il of Kamyr pulp digester)
TNT 8/31/1962 p.B9 St. Regis Paper Co. lists more than 500 products
TNT 1/27/1963 "Mountains" of chips new landmark here; piles fed to paper machines (il)
TNT 4/18/1963 p.A1 Multi-million expansion by St. Regis on (il of land filling operation)
TNT 8/20/1963 p.B1-B9 New complex underway at plant (sketch or new veneer plant, studmill and dry land log handling area)
TNT 10/17/1963 Japanese trio tour St. Regis ...
TNT 4/19/1964 p.C19 New plant being built by St. Regis (clarification plant)
TNT 9/8/1964 p.1 ... plans $1.5 million in improvements
TNT 9/11/1964 p.1 Fire! (il)
TNT 4/30/1965 p.A6 Construction at St. Regis cuts fallout
TNT 6/9/1965 p.B11 Quake-damaged St. Regis tower being dismantled (il of steel water tank)
TNT 7/25/1965 p.B9 St. Regis incinerator praised ...
TNT 7/29/1965 p.B3 Upended (il)
TNT 9/5/1965 p.A5 St. Regis Co. installs water protection plants (il)
TNT 10/6/1965 p.B14 Award goes to St. Regis
TNT 8/13/1966 p.1,2,18 St. Regis fire loss set at near $250,000 (il)
TNT 10/14/1966 p.1 St. Regis candidly admits smells ...
TNT 2/2/1967 p.A7 Tiny bit of St. Regis P.O. goes a long way (air pollution)
TNT 2/17/1967 p.A1 Fire, blasts rock St. Regis Co. plant (il)
TNT 2/18/1967 p.11 Coffee break kept workers away from St. Regis explosion area
TNT 11/24/1969 p.1 Worker killed on job
TNT 2/8/1970 p.B9 St. Regis gears Tacoma plant for modular home output (former veneer plant converted to produce panelized structures and modular homes) TMT 2/11/1970 New Regis clean water plant begun
TNT 12/4/1970 St. Regis starts phase 1 in clarifying effluent (il)
TNT 5/21/1972 St. Regis odor killers well ahead of schedule (il)
TNT 11/26/1972 St. Regis furnace test set (il)
TNT 1/25/1981 p.D5 If grocery sacks are your bag, you'll love the ones ... personally inspected by ...
TNT 6/27/1981 Film makers to finish location work at Port (scene for motion picture "An Officer and a Gentleman" filmed in bldg.)
TNT 7/10/1984 St. Regis: Takeover in the works 363.37 T142O p.137,141,142,160 (accounts of fires at plant) 674 Sa2T (il) 674 T119T (il) 917.9778 M177T p.144 ----- Champion International Corp.
TNT 11/21/1984 p.C9 Shareholders approved the purchase of St. Regis Corp. by Champion International Corp. for $1.2 billion
TNT 3/29/1985 p.C9 St. Regis pulp mill for sale again ----- Simpson Tacoma Kraft
TNT 8/30/1985 p.B2 Simpson takes over former St. Regis mill on Tideflats
TNT 5/11/1988 Simpson will spruce up mill in beige with blue accents (sketch)
TNT 8/15/1988 Project update (new bleaching plant by Ballard Construction Co., contr.) (il)
TNT 9/27/1988 Simpson's kraft mill toasts $5 million Tideflats cleanup
TNT 9/22/1989 High tech Tideflats; Simpson's new plant reduces pollution level (new bleach plant dedicated) (il)
TNT 12/10/1994 p.B1 Wood chip fire burns into night at Simpson mill
TNT 5/19/1996 p.D1 Sweeter smell of Simpson Kraft (il)
TNT 8/13/1996 p.C6 Prime local fuels intense interest in warehouse campus (warehouse bldgs. for lease built across E. 11th St.)
TNT 1/22/1999 p.A1 Simpson - on the cutting edge; company will build latest-technology sawmill on the Tideflats Business Examiner 2/8/1999 p.16 ... to expand lumber mill (sketch)
TNT 9/28/1999 p.A1 Simpson plant on Tideflats could bel up for sale
TNT 12/1/1999 p.A1 Simpson ends attempt to sell Tideflats mill; it will spend $14 million to upgrade operations Business Examiner 5/29/2000 p.11 City paved way for most refined sawmill in world (sketch)
