Savannah, GEORGIA - Kraft Container Plant

Description: Savannah, GEORGIA - Kraft Container Plant - Paper Production: For 85 years, the “paper mill” has been an industrial fixture in Savannah. It’s a visual landmark and, if the wind is blowing the right direction, an olfactory one as well. Today, it produces about a million tons of paper product each year, which eventually gets made into our cardboard boxes. Since the mill's inception in 1936, the industry has only grown. The Savannah mill quickly became the company’s largest mill in Georgia due to its proximity to a plentiful supply of southern pine trees. The Savannah facility produced 1.25 million tons of kraft paper and linerboard for boxes annually in those early years, By the 1950s about 5,000 workers were running its operations under the company Union Bag and Paper Corp., also known as Union Camp. The plant was its own community – it had an athletics league, carpenters, gardeners and even its own magazine, “The Digester.” In those early decades, the mill and its workers lived through major historical events. During World War II, the Savannah mill produced paper packaging, which was a critical war material. During that time, women started working at the mill to take the place of men who had gone off to war. The mill was also a large local landowner and harvested trees from those properties for product. In 1969, Union Camp acquired Branigar Corporation and approximately 1.6 million acres of land in Georgia and neighboring states. One of Braniger’s holdings was Skidaway Island, and one of their projects was development of The Landings. The mill gradually modernized its operations and cut the number of paper machines from eight to three. Automation and efficiency changed the nature of paper production. International Paper, the world’s largest pulp and paper company, purchased Union Camp and the Savannah mill in 1999. The card reverse informs "Built on the site of the old Hermitage Plantation which was a mecca for distinguished visitors from all over the world, a century ago, and today, this tradition of the land is still being carried on as countless thousands come to see the productive activity of the Union Bag and Paper Corp. plant." This Linen Era (1930-45) postcard is in good condition. A Colourpicture Publication. Boston 15, Mass. No. KL 377. Costal News Co. Savannah, Ga.

Price: 8.5 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2024-09-08T04:01:47.000Z

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