Machine room workers, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1900
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Yarmouth Historical Society
By 1911, Yarmouth's Forest Paper Co. was the largest mill of its kind in the world. Producing nearly 80 tons of pulp per day, the company made a lasting reputation for its quality product and shipped pulp to foreign countries like Mexico, England, and Japan.
The pulp could be shipped out either as heavy wet material or as pressed dried rolls to be used in the production of paper.
The machine room that these men worked in was designed to produce the large pressed and dried rolls of soda fiber.
When the mill closed in 1923 some of this equipment was moved to other mill locations, but a lot of it was scrapped.
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