ca. 1959. The St. Regis Paper Co. kraft pulp and paper mill and multiwall bag plant at Tacoma, Washington. The plant was a major producing unit serving the western states. Late in 1959, construction was started to expand the pulp mill and install a second machine which would produce kraft paper and board, more than doubling the output of the mill. The new kraft paper and paper board machine was 130 feet wide and 630 feet long. It would require 150 additional employees at a payroll of 3/4 million dollars. Additions were being made to the steam and recovery plants, pulp mill (left) and to the paper mill (right.) (St. Regis Paper Co. Annual Report- 1959; TNT 11/5/1959, pg. 1)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

ca. 1959. Cement bags being produced in St. Regis's multi-wall bag plant in Tacoma. The bags are for Dacotah Portland Cement, produced by the South Dakota Cement plant in Rapid City, SD.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A Veneer Chip Transport Kenworth truck and trailer, indicating capacity weight of under 36,000, is parked outside the St. Regis plant on Portland Avenue on April 11, 1960. The photograph would be used for advertising. Photograph ordered by Kenworth Motor Truck Co., Seattle.

Trucks--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970;

August, 1960, progress photographs of St. Regis Paper Co. mill ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. View of portion of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in the Tideflats including stacks of logs piled adjacent to railroad tracks. Cylinder-shaped structure is probably the new continuous digester which was expected to increase capacity by 325 tons per day. The tower is 110 feet high. Capital expenditures for 1960 & 1961 included $20,893,881 for the Kraft mill expansion of St. Regis' Tacoma plant. This amount, by far, was the highest budgeted for those years and accounted for over one-third of the money planned for new construction and plant improvement. The addition to the Tacoma mill was made to permit St. Regis to furnish a larger part of the needs of the company's own box plants and bag factories in the western and midwest states. (1960 Annual report, p. 3, 6, TNT 11-13-60, A-18)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Logs; Machinery;

Progress photographs of St. Regis Paper Co. expansion taken on August 11, 1960, on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. Long general view of machine room taken from balcony on north end. The machine room was enlarged at the Kraft paper and board mill located in the Tideflats during a twenty million dollar expansion scheduled for 1960-61. A new paper machine would be added by year's end which would increase and diversify the Tacoma mill's paper and board capacity. (1960 Annual Report, p. 6, 7)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;

View of enlarged machine room in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s kraft paper and board mill on November 28, 1960. This progress photograph was taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant from New York City, for possible use in St. Regis' 1960 Annual report. A new paper machine was being erected in 1960 which would increase and diversify Tacoma's paper and board capacity. (St. Regis 1960 Annual Report, p. 7)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Progress photographs; Machinery;

Chip feeding operation at St. Regis Paper Co. 's Tacoma plant. Mounds of wood chips blanket the area. St. Regis allowed storage of pulp-mill chips outside its kraft mill location. Sulphate pulp is one of the products made from chips made out of waste wood. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Chip feeder in operation at St. Regis Paper Co. May, 1961, photograph of one of the chip feeders on wheels employed at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma. Pounds of wood chips accumulate on wooden shelf. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

View of outdoor chip feeding section of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma, May, 1961. The low covered structure may have housed wood chips. Machinery in background was probably used to transport the chips. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

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The Samuel M. Langston Co. of Camden, N.J., made equipment for the corrugated container industry for over 100 years. View of Langston machinery at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in September, 1961; machines may include the counter roll rewinder and/or shaftless rewind stand. Large roll of kraft paper on Langston machine. Northern Pacific boxcars conveniently located in rear of picture. Photograph ordered by the Samuel M. Langston Co.

Machinery; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma;

Progress photographs at St. Regis, St. Regis Paper Company, Kraft Pulp Division. St. Regis Paper Company was well along in a big expansion program at the Tacoma plant, adding a multiwall bag plant as well as a pulp manufacturing plant. Tacoma was one of the locations of St. Regis that supplied pulp from their own mills for their kraft paper production. Adding the exterior to the new construction is nearly complete. (T.Times, 8/23/1948, p.5)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Progress photographs at St. Regis, St. Regis Paper Company, Kraft Pulp Division. A view of the interior of one of the new buildings at St. Regis with the exterior walls still missing. A row of Jordans, each driven by a 400 hp. motor, is laid out close to what will be an exterior wall. The Jordans will prepare stock for the paper machines that have not yet been built. (St. Regis 1949 Annual Report)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Progress photographs at St. Regis, St. Regis Paper Company, Kraft Pulp Division. An elevated view of the new construction going on at St. Regis that expanded the existing paper plant and added a multiwall bag plant. According to the company's 1949 Annual Report, Tacoma was the focal point of the company's expanding pulp, paper and multiwall bag operations in the west.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Progress photograph at plant, St. Regis Paper Company, Mr. McCarthy. Roofing on the addition has nearly been completed. According to the 1949 St. Regis Annual Report the company operated mills and plants at 23 locations in the United States and six plants in Canada and other foreign countries. The company was organized in 1899 and built a mill at Deferiet, New York, that same year.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Progress photographs;

Interior progress photograph, St. Regis, McCarthy. The exterior walls of the new Kraft Paper plant have been installed and the row of "Jones Majestic" Jordans have been connected along the wall. The Jordans, each driven by a 400 h.p. motor, cut the fiber and prepared it for the paper machines which are nearing completion further along the wall. (TNT, 2/15/1949, p.B-3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Progress photographs; Machinery; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In 1930 St. Regis purchased a kraft pulp mill in Tacoma, they spent many years modernizing and expanding the company's facilities. In January 1949 the Tacoma mill began making paper, the company had previously only manufactured and sold pulp and multiwall bags. View of machinery manufactured by Pusey & Jones, photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. Interior view of St. Regis and paper producing machinery; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

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St. Regis' first mill was located at Deferiet, New York, this mill has been kept modern and enlarged in order to ensure high levels of productivity. Interior view of St. Regis in Tacoma and 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 mills can be found in 23 locations across the United States, they have six plants in Canada, and one in Belgium, Brazil and Argentina. 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; 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);

Interior view of St. Regis; view of Tacoma mill's new high speed kraft paper machine, it is designed to operate at 2,000 feet per minute and produce paper nearly fourteen feet wide, unidentified man is standing by the machine. 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);

Interior view of St. Regis, view of paper producing machinery, two unidentified laborers are working with what appears to be a large roll of kraft paper, "Ederer Engineers" crane is being used, this machine was manufactured in Seattle. 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);

Interior view of St. Regis, view of the new high speed kraft paper machine, this machine is designed to operate at 2,000 feet per minute and produce paper nearly fourteen feet wide; this machine has been operating since January 5, 1949. Photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; 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 had been expanding their facilities for many years, the company had added new buildings and was ready to begin the mass production of paper in Tacoma. View of new high speed kraft paper machine, this equipment is used in the "wet end" of paper production. Photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; 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 began producing paper in January 1949, prior to this the company had primarily been a pulp mill and produced Multiwall bags. Interior view of St. Regis plant, a laborer is working with a General Electric control panel; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

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

Interior view of St. Regis plant, paper manufacturing department; The Electric Construction Company, an engineering and contracting business, logo and information appears in the upper left corner. View of General Electric machinery; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

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