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An employee of the West Tacoma Newsprint carefully monitors rows of gauges in August, 1954. West Tacoma Newsprint, paper manufacturers, was located in Steilacoom. There had been several paper mills at that location in Steilacoom, starting with Cascade Paper Co. in 1918. Stockholders approved a merger with Boise Cascade Corporation in late 1969.


Weights & measures--Steilacoom; Scientific equipment; West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom);

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The smokestack at West Tacoma Newsprint seems to extend endlessly into the sky as it belches smoke on October 20, 1954. West Tacoma Newsprint were paper manufacturers, who despite their name, were actually located in Steilacoom. The Chambers Creek location had been home to many paper manufacturers since 1918, starting with Cascade Paper and concluding with Abitibi Consolidated Sales which announced its impending closure in July, 2000. View of chimney from its base looking upward; evenly spaced steel rings circle the chimney. Photograph requested by Boedecker Chimney.


Chimneys--Steilacoom; West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom); Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. (Tacoma);

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Two men are barely visible on a ledge circling the enormous smokestack outside the West Tacoma Newsprint plant on October 20, 1954. It is unclear whether they are performing maintenance work or actually installing a new chimney. Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. built many chimneys for industrial plants in this region, including St. Regis and Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel. View of cars parked along plant with chimney in rear. Photograph ordered by Boedecker Chimney Construction Co.


Chimneys; Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. (Tacoma); West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom)

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View of gauges. Selection of gauges at the West Tacoma Newsprint carefully monitor activity of various paper machines in a photograph taken on August 4, 1954. Rows of knobs below the gauges are labeled for the Jordan pump, Jordan chest agitator, White water pump and cycles and shakes of Bird Screen. West Tacoma Newsprint, despite its name, was actually located in Steilacoom; they were paper manufacturers.


Weights & measures--Steilacoom; Scientific equipment; West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom);

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Another view of the West Tacoma Newsprint chimney was taken on October 20, 1954. It is possible that this chimney was newly installed by Boedecker Chimney Construction Company as various pieces of machinery and lines appear to be still attached. Fred Boedecker's company built many chimneys for industrial plants in this region including chimneys for Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel and St. Regis. Photograph ordered by Boedecker Chimney Construction Co.


Chimneys; Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. (Tacoma); West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom);

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Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. not only built chimneys but also repaired them. Their work could be seen in many industrial businesses locally, including St. Regis and Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel. In late 1954, Boedeckers was asked to do repairs on the smokestack belonging to West Tacoma Newsprint Co., paper manufacturers, located in Steilacoom. View of chimney's exterior after repairs were completed.


Chimneys; Boedecker Chimney Construction Co. (Tacoma); West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom);

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Paper manufacturers West Tacoma Newsprint plant. Steam rises from the Steilacoom plant on May 22, 1970. West Tacoma Newsprint had opened its mill on Chambers Creek Rd. in 1946, the third paper mill at that location. Shareholders had recently approved a merger with Boise Cascade in October of 1969. Photograph series ordered by Armstrong Machine Works to show Armstrong steam traps.


West Tacoma Newsprint (Steilacoom);

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Cascade Paper Co. On August 29, 1927, an unidentified man in business attire was photographed with one hand on the handle of an enormous machine at the Cascade Paper Co., 4302 Chambers Creek Rd., Steilacoom. Cascade Paper built a $600,000 plant in Steilacoom in 1918 and advertised itself in the 1928 City Directory as "Tacoma's First Paper Mill." A pulp mill was added in 1925. Cascade Paper Co. was headed by Frank S. Baker, president, and John Hewitt, vice-president. G37.1-008


Cascade Paper Co. (Steilacoom); Paper industry--Steilacoom; Machinery;