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.
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;
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;
Lumber operations at St. Regis. Although photographer Boland's notes do not mention the location of this particular St. Regis Kraft Co. plant, it is probably the large concern in Tacoma as photographed in December of 1936. The Tacoma plant had been transformed into a modern facility for the production of 60,000 tons of bleached pulp per year. The company had spent a million dollars for new machinery and reconstruction. The pulp plant was operating by the end of November, 1936, with a crew of 250. The bleaching unit would open about three months later. (T.Times 11-25-36, p. 5-article)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
Two St. Regis employees, wearing white uniforms, are pictured at the Tacoma Kraft pulp plant on February 5, 1937. Steam is rising from some of the large unidentified machinery. St. Regis had undergone a $1,000,000 remodeling project to expand into the bleached pulp field. St. Regis was one of two pulp mills (Shaffer Pulp was the other) who manufactured high grade bleached and unbleached craft pulp for domestic and export markets. The plant was able to produce 150 tons of pulp daily. TPL-6804; G37.1-023 (T.Times 1-27-37, p.1, 5-articles on St. Regis)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Paper industry--1930-1940; Lumber industry--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Machinery;
