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;

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;

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;

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.;

1973 Richards stock footage. Aerial view in July of 1973 of the St. Regis Paper Co. The Puyallup Waterway is directly behind the plant. Due to St. Regis' vigorous efforts to curtail pollution, there is no sign of the plant's usual massive smoke emissions. TPL-5484

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

Informal portrait of St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO, William R. Adams. Mr. Adams paid a visit to the company's Tacoma plant in mid-June, 1965. He stands with his arms crossed near rolls of (kraft) paper. He and Chairman of the Board Roy Ferguson were present for the dedication of St. Regis' new veneer plant and studmill. The new studmill had an annual capacity of 40 million board feet. The veneer plant used peeler logs for its plywood plants in Tacoma and Olympia. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO William R. Adams stands next to enormous rolls of (kraft) paper on June 15, 1965, during a visit to the company's Tacoma plant. Adams, of New York, was in Tacoma along with Chrm. of the Board Roy Ferguson for dedication ceremonies commemorating the grand opening of the company's new $5,000,000 veneer plant and studmill. He would speak to 400 invited guests at a luncheon held at the plant site. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

Western Gear Corporation of Seattle installed new machinery at St. Regis Paper Co. Tacoma plant on October 13, 1961. View of machine with mountain of pulp-mill chips in background. The kraft mill stored outdoors piles of the chips, most of them purchased from local plywood and sawmills.

Machinery; Western Gear Corp. (Seattle); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

St. Regis Paper Co. employee leans over a Langston machine on September 29, 1961. Man appears to be working with small roll of kraft paper. The Samuel M. Langston Co. made machines, basically rewinders, for the corrugated container industry. Based in Camden, N.J., they were in operations for more than one hundred years. Photograph ordered by the Samuel Langston Co.

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

The discharge end of a new Fibre Making Processes, Inc., barking drum with view of discharge gate and cut small logs; barking drum located at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma plant. The bark would be removed by abrasive action of the rotating mechanical drum. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago.

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

View of bark conveyer at St. Regis' Tacoma plant. One small log is resting on side of conveyer belt. Fibre Making Processes, Inc., had its 12 foot barking drum installed in early July, 1961. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago.

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

July, 1961, saw the installation of a Fibre Making Processes, Inc., barking drum at the Tacoma St. Regis Paper Co. plant. The 12' x 67.5' drum tumbles logs or billets by mechanical rotation which strips the bark using abrasive action. Photograph ordered by Fibre Making Processes, Inc., Chicago, IL.

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

ca. 1979. Overview in 1979 of the St. Regis Kraft Co., 801 Portland Ave, paper mill on the Tideflats.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Mills--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Overview in 1979 of the St. Regis Kraft Co., 801 Portland Ave, paper mill on the Tideflats.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Mills--Tacoma--1970-1980;

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;