A new hydraulic barking and chipping plant was completed and began operating in 1948 at the Tacoma plant, this was one of the new buildings built in the expansion project. View of machinery used during the "wet end" paper producing process; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper--Tacoma; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);

The Tacoma plant is thoroughly up to date in the paper making equipment, the auxiliaries and the new mill building itself; Tacoma's St. Regis is one of the most modern in the country. Interior view of St. Regis, paper producing machinery; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper--Tacoma; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);

Kraft paper is produced in the following plants: East Pepperell, Massachusetts; Watertown, New York; Carthage, New York; Herrings, New York; Oswego, New York; Pensacola, Florida; and Tacoma, Washington. The other plants produce other items such as: Multiwall bags, Kraft pulp, and other types of specialty and coated papers. Interior view of St. Regis, view of paper producing machinery; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper--Tacoma; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);

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.

Paper industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Control rooms--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);

The new paper mill and paper production at St. Regis in Tacoma has helped the company strengthen its position in pulp, kraft paper, kraft board and multiwall bags. Interior view of St. Regis paper plant, machinery used during the paper production process; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);

Mineral, Washington is located fourteen miles north of Morton in north central Lewis County. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; railroad cars are hauling the logs out of the Mineral Forest. TPL-5678

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; Railroad tracks--Mineral; Railroads--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

Tacoma's St. Regis' paper plant is said to be the most modern pulp mill ever built. The Tacoma facilities are spread out over 65 acres, located between the Puyallup River Waterway and the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington.

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

St. Regis' expansion project started after World War II ended in 1945, the company was able to begin paper production in Tacoma in January 1949. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; unidentified laborer is surrounded by huge firs.

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

Shipping the finished product at the Rayonier and Rayflo plants, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. Much of the market for cellulose markets was overseas and the deepwater docking at Rayonier's Canadian subsidiary's Alaska Pine mill at Port Alice, BC, could accomodate large oil tankers and ocean vessels for overseas shipment. Here a forklift is being used to load a large vessel.

Paper industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Port Alice B.C.); Cargo ships--British Columbia;

Rayonier and Rayflo plants, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. Rayonier, Inc. manufactured paper, pulp and cellulose products. This series of photographs appears to have been taken at the Port Alice, British Columbia, cellulose mill. The Port Alice mill was operated by Alaska Pine, a subsidiary of Rayonier, Inc. Here large machinery is audited by two men.

Paper industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Port Alice B.C.);

Rayonier and Rayflo plants, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. Rayonier, Inc. manufactured paper, pulp and cellulose products. This series of photographs appears to have been taken at the Port Alice, British Columbia, cellulose mill. The Port Alice mill was operated by Alaska Pine, a subsidiary of Rayonier, Inc. Here large machinery is audited by two men.

Paper industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Port Alice B.C.);

Pulp manufacturing machinery at R.W. Paper Co. in Longview, Wa. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie. A roller rolls through a vast vat of pulp on the lower level. Other vats are empty. Above, on the 2nd level, are located pipes and controls for filling the vats. When the pulp mixture arrives at the paper machine, its water content is very high. The water is removed and the resulting sheet moves on to the drying section of the machine.

R. W. Paper Co. (Longview); Paper industry--Longview--1950-1960;

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;

Overhead view of interior of St. Regis plant. Two St. Regis Paper Co. employees appear dwarfed by massive machinery in a July 29, 1953, photograph. One man is standing behind a metallic stand of gauges, handles, and knobs which apparently control the large rolls from the paper machine. There are other instrument panels positioned nearby; they may have been made by the General Electric Co. Photograph ordered by the General Electric Co.

General Electric Co.; St. Regis Paper Co.; Machinery;

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;

Employees at St. Regis Paper Co. nationwide had varied assignments. This man appears to be scrutinizing sheets of pulp or paper at one of the Florida locations, either Pensacola or Jacksonville in July, 1953. Photograph ordered by Beloit Iron Works, Beloit, Wisconsin.

St. Regis Paper Co.; Paper industry; Beloit Iron Works (Beloit, WI);

Exterior view of St. Regis Paper Co. plant. This is possibly the Tacoma St. Regis plant in a photograph taken in early July, 1953. The Tacoma mill continued to supply the ever-growing pulp market with its bleached kraft pulp which had a well-deserved reputation for quality and strength. In addition, it shipped a limited quantity of unbleached kraft pulp. Photograph ordered by Johns-Manville Sales Corporation. (1953 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 11)

St. Regis Paper Co.; Paper industry; Industrial facilities; Johns-Manville Sales Corp.;

Exterior view of Florida St. Regis plant. The above photograph was probably taken at either the Jacksonville, Florida, or Pensacola St. Regis Paper Co. plant in July, 1953. Long, covered connected tunnels were possibly conveyors of chips or pulp. They were situated high above the ground on rails supported by towers. Piles of logs are glimpsed in the background. Photograph ordered by Link-Belt Co.

St. Regis Paper Co.; Paper industry; Link-Belt Co.;

A St. Regis Paper Co. employee carefully monitors the gauges on a Beloit Iron Works machine in the summer of 1953. Kraft paper is apparently being manufactured. This photograph was probably taken in one of St. Regis' southern plants, either Jacksonville or Pensacola, Florida. Photograph ordered by the Beloit Iron Works Co., Beloit, Wisconsin.

St. Regis Paper Co.; Paper industry; Machinery; Beloit Iron Works (Beloit, WI);

A long hose connected to a large storage tank has its opposite end disappear into a NYC railroad car in a June, 1953, photograph. It was taken at a St. Regis Paper Co. plant, possibly the Tacoma location. Photograph ordered by the Fuller Co., Mr. R.A. Hawk.

St. Regis Paper Co.; Storage tanks; Hoses; Railroad cars;

ca. 1953. Riegel Carolina Paper & Pulp Mill, Acme, N. Carolina. Ordered by General Electric. Industrial lights illuminate the plant in this nighttime portrait.

Riegel Carolina (Acme, N.C.); Mills--North Carolina--Acme; Factories--North Carolina--Acme; Paper industry--North Carolina--Acme; Industrial facilities--North Carolina--Acme;

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.);

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;