This St. Regis Paper Co. stacker was capable of lifting 60 tons. In this November 29, 1965, photograph taken in the company's new Tacoma dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, the stacker picks up a full rail-car load at one time and transfers the logs to storage decks which are classified by species and grades. The new facility was created on the harbor front by filling in a saltwater log pond between the sawmill and the kraft mill. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on the 35-acre new addition; an L-shaped veneer mill and a stud mill were also built adjacent to the yard. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Log stacker in action at St. Regis dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, November, 1965. 1965 saw the completion of several modernization projects for St. Regis Paper Co. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on part of 35-acres newly created by the filling in of a saltwater log pond. This would prove to be more efficient than log ponds and booming grounds. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Busy interior of plant believed to be Star Iron & Steel. Assembly line setup of men and fabricated steel products. Star Iron was well known for their heavy crane construction but also made towers, power operated grapples, and parts for buildings, bridges and grandstands. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel.

Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Steel industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

The "Alpha Helix" commenced its trial runs on February 19, 1966. Martinac Shipbuilding built the 133-foot research vessel for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, as a floating experimental biology laboratory. It had a 31-foot beam and displacement of 512 tons, carried a crew of 12 and could berth a scientific party of ten. The $2,225,000 floating lab was skippered by Capt. James Faughn.The "Alpha Helix" made news on the day of its launching, June 29, 1964, when she broke away from fastenings on the Martinac ways and launched itself. She was spared damage when boom men alertly kept her from smashing into broken pilings. In 1980, the vessel was sold to the University of Alaska's Institute of Marine Science. Photograph ordered by J.M.Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. ( TNT 2-20-66, A-15; scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/archives/siohstry/alphahelix-hist.html; sea.edu/SEA2000/NewsUpdates2000/ShipyardNews/MartinacShipbuilding.htm)

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Ship trials--Tacoma--1960-1970; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

View of USS Crockett. The USS Crockett was one of 17 gunboats in the Asheville class. Tacoma Boatbuilding had a government contract to build seven of these patrol gunboats, each costing 2.5 million dollars. The Crockett was the third to be launched. Nearly 165 feet in length, the Crockett could accelerate from 0 to 40 knots in 60 seconds. The aluminum ship had approximately 230 tons displacement weight and was powered by a gas turbine. It was launched at Tacoma Boatbuilding on June 4, 1966, with christening honors performed by Mrs. Charles Horjes of Tacoma. After service in South Vietnam, it would be transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in 1975 and decommissioned in 1976. (TNT 2-6-66, A-16; TNT 6-5-66, D-15; www.navsource.org/archives/12/11088.htm; www.hobbybarn.com/Dumas-pages/USS-Crocket-1218.htm)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gunboats--United States; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

USS Crockett (PG-88) prior to launching. The Asheville Class gunboat was launched at Tacoma Boat Building on June 4, 1966. Powered by a gas turbine, the speedy ship would be commissioned on June 24, 1967, and stationed in South Vietnam where she would be used for coastal patrol, blockade reconnaissance and to give support. The nearly 165-foot gunboat would hold a complement of 4 officers and 33 enlisted men. Tacoma Boat Building had won a government contract to build seven of these Asheville Class vessels. (TNT 2-6-66, A-16, www.navsource.org/archives/12/11088.htm; www.hobbybarn.com/Dumas-pages/USS-Crocket-1218.htm)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gunboats--United States; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Modern logging operations, St. Regis property in Kapowsin. St. Regis Paper Co. was gradually reducing its usage of the traditional wooden spars in favor of tall steel masts. These portable spars used the same basic principles of high-lead logging whereby powerful winches hauled in logs by cables rigged from the spar. However, the new steel spar could be set up and in operation within 2 1/2 hours of its arrival at a logging site in contrast with the 3+ days a wooden spar would take to set up and rig with steel cables and guy lines. In the above July, 1966, photograph, a portable tower is collapsed from its 110 feet height and ready to move to a new location where it can once again be set up in much less time than a wooden spar. By the end of 1967, St. Regis expected to have nine mobile spars operating in Washington. (St. Regis Midwesterner, May, 1967, p. 3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970;

St. Regis Paper Co. modern logging operations, Kapowsin. Mobile steel spars began to make an impact on St. Regis Paper Co. logging operations in 1966. By the end of 1967, St. Regis was expected to have nine of these self-powered replacements for the wooden spar in operation in Washington State. The portable steel spar pictured above in July, 1966, could be set up far quicker than the old wooden masts. Consequently, preparation time was greatly reduced and logging productivity increased. Diesel engines propelled the spars and drove the winches. Since they are mobile, they could be maneuvered to cover a site from several different positions which permitted shorter drags and more efficient yarding. (St. Regis Midwesterner, May , 1967, p. 3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970; Logs;

Kapowsin logging operations. This site was one of St. Regis Paper Co.'s logging operations in July of 1966. The view is very similar to A150113, image 14. The vivid yellow mobile steel spar was portable and could be set up much quicker than the old wooden spars. St. Regis was in the process of changing over to the self-powered steel spars as preparation time was greatly reduced and logging productivity increased. Mobility increased as well which meant shorter drags and more efficient yarding. (scan from original negative, no print on file) (St. Regis Midwesterner, May, 1967, p. 3-article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

The mid-60's saw St. Regis Paper Co. complete a number of programs to modernize logging procedures and control the cost of logs. There was a move to convert to highly mobile equipment for yarding and loading logs. The maneuverability of the new loader pictured above in July, 1966, on St. Regis Kapowsin property, increased the efficiency of loading logs onto trucks after yarding. The investment of new types of heavy machinery that were both mobile and able to be set up quickly freed both men and machines for more productive work. The new loaders ran on rubber tires and had special devices for handling log tongs. Their agility allowed the cranes to move about the area quickly to stack logs and do other jobs. (St. Regis Midwestener, May, 1967, p. 3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Caught in the act of falling is a slender tree on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. At the time of this July 1966 photograph, the company had been established in Washington state for forty years. It now has a global presence and supplies its timber to paper, pulp, and other wood products markets. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

This enormous tree has been partially cut through by an employee of Rayonier, Inc., in Grays Harbor, in the summer of 1966. Although the worker is pictured with a small ax, larger tools would have been necessary to saw through the base of this giant tree. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Axes;

On July 20, 1966, a Rayonier employee directed the operator of this loader to carefully deposit these logs onto the last rail car so they could be transported to one of the company's mills. Rayonier was founded in 1926 and quickly became the largest single manufacturer of dissolving pulps in the world. (scan from original negative, no print on file) (www.rayonier.com-article)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

A bright yellow loader has its log-filled grapple suspended in the air as a Rayonier worker prepares his truck to transport the cargo to one of the company's mills in Grays Harbor where the logs would be processed. (no print on file, scan from original color positive)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. A Rayonier worker is pictured on July 20, 1966, labeling the ends of logs. A loader in the background has several logs in its grapple preparing to shift them. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. The same two men seen in A150114, image 21, were hard at work marking the ends of cut logs on July 20, 1966. A loader in the photograph's background was prepared to shift more logs to be marked. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

A Rayonier employee in Grays Harbor balances on a log as he directs the yarding of cut timber so the logs could be dragged, by cable, to trucks or rail cars waiting to transport them to company mills. Photograph was taken on July 20, 1966. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Logging operations on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. A Rayonier employee has just cut through the base of a tall tree and watches it fall while other employees observe at a safe distance in this July of 1966 photograph. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;

In the summer of 1966, this unidentified worker was in the process of cutting through the base of an old-growth timber at a Grays Harbor property owned by Rayonier, Inc. His hard hat and gloves would provide protection while wielding the large saw. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;

This Rayonier worker appears to be making an initial cut into the base of this large tree in this photograph dating from July of 1966. Founded in 1926, the company remains one of the largest private landowners in the United States and still supplies timber to a wide variety of markets including pulp, paper, lumber, renewable energy production and other wood products. (no print on file, scan from original negative) (www.rayonier.com-article)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

Rayonier employee uses a McCulloch chain saw to cut through a tree near its base on July 20, 1966. This was on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

An unidentified Rayonier worker in hard hat runs his hand over the trunk base of an large old-growth tree in July of 1966. It looks as though his saw was used to cut down the tree located in Grays Harbor. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two men sitting beside an enormous tree appear to be studying a map of the forest area in this mid-July, 1966, photograph. They are Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees as evidenced by the pfi logo on their hard hats. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. Potlatch Forests, Inc., workers are pictured shifting plywood sheets from an assembly line onto large wheeled carts in mid-July, 1966. Once stacked, they are moved off the carts in rows and numbered. The men pictured were just a few of the many hired by Potlatch Forests, one of the area's largest employers. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees survey the dense forestlands near Lewiston, Idaho, in mid-July, 1966. They are possibly the same men pictured in A150112, image 28. Hard hats were de rigueur although no other safety clothing is apparently worn. The men were probably wearing heavy duty boots as a precaution. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Forests--Idaho;

Scene from Idaho Potlatch Forests logging operations. Shot from a possible hillside is a common scene from logging operations: logs being carefully loaded onto a waiting truck. A dirt road has been carved from the encroaching forest in order trees may be harvested. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

Sections from a dense forest have been harvested and a dirt road carved out of a hillside to transport logs to nearby Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Color photograph taken in July of 1966 for Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

1966 Idaho logging operations. After the logs are harvested, they are brought to one of the many Potlatch Forests, Inc., mills near the Jaype, Idaho, area. Piles of logs are stacked near the large mill above. The plumes of smoke emerging from several chimneys indicate the mill is apparently in full operation. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Potlatch Forests, Inc.; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Logger, chainsaw in hand, examines tree in this photograph dating from July of 1966. The name "Frank" Feller was written on the image storage sleeve. It is not clear whether Feller referred to "Frank's" last name or his occupation as a person who cuts down, or "fells," trees. The stand of trees were believed to be located near the Lewiston, Idaho area and part of the Potlatch Forests property. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Saws; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);

1966 Scenes from Idaho logging operations. During a moment of leisure, two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees clutch a small hatchet while in the Idaho forests in mid-July, 1966. One man is smoking a pipe. The hatchet's blade is whimsically inscribed "Hello Mom." Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Axes; Pipes (Smoking);