Forest Paper Co. boiler room, Yarmouth, ca. 1900
Contributed by Yarmouth Historical Society
Item 67650
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These Forest Paper Co. employees in Yarmouth were in charge of the massive boiler room that heated large furnaces dealing with byproducts of soda pulp production.
Dissolved wood components called "black liquor" were boiled down and evaporated until it was the consistency of molasses, then burned at high temperatures until it turned into "black ash" eventually used as landfill in Yarmouth.
Other Information
- Title: Forest Paper Co. boiler room, Yarmouth, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Local Name: Third Falls
- Town: Yarmouth
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 12 x 19
- Local Code: 2004.74.1
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Yarmouth Historical Society
215 Main Street, PO Box 107, Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-6259
http://www.yarmouthmehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Forest Paper Company (Yarmouth, Me.)
Pulp mills--Maine--Yarmouth
Lumber industry--Maine--Yarmouth
Paper industry--Maine--Yarmouth
Sawmills--Maine--Yarmouth
Boilers--Maine--Yarmouth
Employees
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