ca. 1937. St. Regis Kraft Co.; filtering plant circa 1937. (WSHS)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1937. St. Regis Kraft Co.; filtering plant circa 1937. (WSHS)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Mills--Tacoma--1930-1940; Paper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

St. Regis Paper Co. at night with lighted Christmas display on top of building. Union Oil and its tanks with the famous 76 logo are in the right foreground on the City (now Foss) Waterway.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Christmas decorations; Union Oil Co. of California (Tacoma);

Several views of chimneys at St. Regis Paper Co. were photographed on March 24, 1954. This may have been a new chimney constructed by the Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. It was not typically black, but seems to be lighter in color. Smoke is billowing out from the top. Photograph ordered by Boedecker Chimney Construction Co.

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

Interiors at St. Regis Tacoma plant for 1952 Annual Report showing a recovery boiler. A major expansion program completed in 1952 increased the company's production capacity. St. Regis products made in Tacoma included sulphate pulp, kraft paper and board and multiwall bags. Products made in their other plants also included printing and publications papers and industrial and decorative plastics. A forerunner in conservation and recycling, Kaiser operated an efficient plant and originated the use of wood chips and ends in the paper process.

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

Conveyor link belt at St. Regis Paper Company. Link Belt Company. Long conveyor containing wood chips.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Logs from the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company could be easily transported via railroad to the St. Regis Paper Company for pulp and paper operations. Both companies were rapidly expanding due to high demand for their products. View of construction materials placed near the St. Regis water tower and railroad tracks; for several years in the late 40's and early 50's, St. Regis underwent massive expansion with the construction of a multi-wall bag plant and kraft paper facilities. St. Regis operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week and total expenditures in 1951 would total nearly ten million dollars.

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

St. Regis Paper Company was undergoing constant expansion at its Portland Avenue plant; in this August, 1951, photograph, new building forms are placed on brick stands. In recent years St. Regis had expanded their kraft paper operations and was to add a multiwall bag plant. They had installed a 6.5 million dollar paper mill and machine to increase their product offerings beyond pulp. The paper machine was the first entirely designed and engineered by the company; it was to eventually produce more than 80,000 tons of paper and paperboard a year.

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

This view of an open electrical control panel was taken in August, 1951, at the St. Regis Paper Company. New construction was continuing at the Portland Avenue plant as the piles of dirt and trash indicates. A new multiwall bag plant was completed in 1952; it was equipped to produce a full range of bags with six production lines. The new plant also had its own printing presses and a complete art and engraving department.

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

Progress photograph of steelwork at St. Regis Paper Company. The new multiwall bag plant, adjoining the paper mill, was to replace a leased plant at Seattle. The plant was expected to be in operation before April 1, 1952. It would employ approximately 400 people, including a large percentage of women. (St. Regis Annual Report 1951)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Progress photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;

St. Regis had started producing kraft paper in January 1949, the tacoma plant had been remodeled over a long period of time and was operating at full capacity. View of St. Regis Paper Company Kraft Pulp Division; new mill on left, new laboratory is currently under construction; building contractor is Howard S. Wright and Company (T. Times, 3/13/49, p. 19).

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Remodeling--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Tacoma's St. Regis plant has been extremely busy since the end of World War II. The pulp plant has been modernized and a paper mill has been added; these combined improvements strengthen the company's position in pulp, Kraft paper, Kraft board and multiwall bags. Aerial view of St. Regis plant, located in Tacoma's tideflats area.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The pulp capacity at Tacoma has been planned so that this mill can make adequate quantities of bleached sulphate pulp available to the market, and at the same time supply the necessary bleached and unbleached sulphate pulp for its new high producing Kraft paper machine. Aerial view of St. Regis plant, located in Tacoma's tideflats area.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Regis was established in Tacoma in 1928, the New York firm purchased this industrial site, modernized it and began operations in 1936. St. Regis Paper Company is said to be the most modern pulp mill ever built. The Tacoma facilities are spread out over 65 acres, between the Puyallup River Waterway and the St. Paul Lumber Company. Aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company, construction in progress.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mills--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Aerial photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Regis Paper Company, Tacoma's pulp mill, was constructing two major additions at their industrial site. The additions being constructed are expected to cost the company an estimated $6,000,000, this is probably the largest single industrial expansion project in Tacoma in the coming year. The expansion project began shortly after World War II ended, the project is expected to be completed in 1949. Aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company, construction in progress. TPL-5706

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Progress photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Aerial photographs;

Port of Tacoma aerials. A view of St. Regis and the nearly completed kraft paper plant seen in the foreground. The company is located along the Puyallup Waterway on the Tacoma tideflats.

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

Aerial view of new construction in 1948 at St. Regis. St. Regis had an excellent location between the Sitcum Waterway on one side and the Milwaukee Waterway on the other. Below them was Commencement Bay and beyond was more of the Tacoma tideflats. St. Regis was expanding their kraft paper operations and adding a multi-wall bag plant. Logs are seen in Milwaukee Waterway, called the Milwaukee Boom Company dump. Logs were brought in by the railroad and dropped, sorted and made into rafts here. (TNT, 10/17/1948, p.1)

Aerial photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Progress photographs; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs;

An aerial view looking east across the Tacoma tideflats with St. Regis Paper Company in the foreground. St. Regis was nearing completion of a $6 million addition to their kraft paper plant and adding a multi-wall bag plant. They have been at this location on the tideflats since 1936.

Aerial photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Progress photographs; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Aerial view, taken in August of 1948, of the large St. Regis Paper Co. plant located in Tacoma's industrial Tideflats. Waterway in center is the Puyallup Waterway. St. Regis was undergoing expansion as depicted by the unfinished building in the foreground. Three years later a big new bag plant would be built, adding to Tacoma's payroll.

Aerial photographs; Aerial views; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma);

St. Regis was one of the largest industries in Tacoma and was located in Tacoma's Tide Flats industrial area. The company was undergoing a big expansion project in 1948. This building, currently under construction, would be used to manufacture pulp. Exterior view of St. Regis Paper Company--Kraft Pulp Division industrial plant (T. Times, 8/31/48, p. 22).

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Aerial photographs; Waterfronts; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Regis Company announced that major plant reconditioning and expansions would begin. This will help reduce the levels of air pollution and increase the air quality in Tacoma. A reduction of solids in smoke has caused a reduction in odor. St. Regis is installing Cottrell smoke treatments in their plant with an estimated cost of $6,000,000. This process should help reduce air pollution. View of laborers applying foam glass insulation to roof at St. Regis Paper Company (T.Times, 7/31/48, p. 1).

Roofs--Tacoma; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Air quality--Tacoma; Air pollution--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

Interior views of the St. Regis Paper Company where pulp is being dried further (steam is coming off as the pulp goes through the roller at the rear) and looks more like paper. St. Regis Paper Company, a national company, had seven mills throughout the country and also had extensive timber holdings in the Pacific Northwest and in other locations in the United States. On spec. for the Times, Labor Day. TPL-3765

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

On spec. for the Times, Labor Day. Interior views of the St. Regis Paper Company. The paper machine had variable speeds from 450 - 2,100 feet per minute according to the kind of paper being made. St. Regis expected the new paper machine to run at a rate of 2,000 feet per minute and to be capable of producing 240 tons of paper per day.

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

On spec. for the Times, Labor Day. Interior view of the St. Regis Paper Company. From the woodroom chunks of wood were moved to wood chippers where they were broken into fine chips. These went into a hopper in the top of a digester where the chips were broken down by chemicals and the resulting pulp was washed and bleached, looking much like white snow. The paper would be nearly all water at this part of the process. It was sprayed in a thin sheet on screens where it was gradually dried out over a long roller.

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

In August of 1947 an unidentified "boom man", wearing "corked" boots and wielding a pikepole, was photographed sorting logs for the St. Regis Paper Company. St. Regis was established in Tacoma in 1928 and rebuilt and modernized in 1936. In August 1947 the company announced plans for a $6 million addition of a Kraft paper mill and a multi-wall bag plant. Simpson Tacoma Kraft took over the St. Regis mill in Tacoma in 1985. (On spec. for the Times, Labor Day.) TPL-9492

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Commencement Bay (Wash.); Logs;

In this aerial view of the Tacoma tideflats the St. Regis Paper Company can be found at the base of the large plume of smoke and steam in the center of the picture. The St. Regis Paper Company was established in Tacoma in 1928 and rebuilt and modernized in 1936. In August 1947 the company announced plans for a $6 million addition of a Kraft paper mill and multi wall bag plant, to be operational the first quarter of 1949.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aerial photographs; Tacoma Tideflats (Tacoma);

On spec. for the Times, Labor Day. Interior views of the St. Regis Paper Company. As of January 1947 St. Regis Paper Company used up to 17 million gallons of water a day in its pulp processing. The plant had many miles of piping throughout all of its processes. In December 1946 a paper machine was installed.

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

On spec. for the Times, Labor Day. Interior views of the St. Regis Paper Company. William Youngchild, a veteran Tacoma papermaker with 55 years in the industry, watches rolls of pulp in one of the final processes at St. Regis mill.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Youngchild, William; Machinery;

St. Regis office, Times, Maybin. St. Regis was planning immediate construction of $6 million kraft paper and bag mills. These three key men, studying plans for the construction, are, L-R, J.H. McCarthy, plant engineer, Walter DeLong, Vice President and director, manager of Tacoma operations, and Adolph C. McCorry, plant superintendent. Piles of logs and a water tower are seen outside the windows. St. Regis had been at this location since 1936. (T.Times, 8/21/1947, p.1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Architectural drawings; Logs; Water towers--Tacoma--1940-1950; McCarthy, J.H.; DeLong, Walter; McCorry, Adolph C.;

ca. 1973. 1973 Richards stock footage. Aerial photograph, probably taken in the fall of 1973, of the St. Regis Paper Co. The plant, the county's largest non-military employer, was located between the Puyallup and St. Paul Waterways. St. Regis would be acquired by Champion International Corp. in 1984 and subsequently sold to Simpson Tacoma Kraft the following year. Simpson Tacoma Kraft still maintains the plant in 2007.

Aerial views; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma); St. Paul Waterway (Tacoma);