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Title: C.W.P. Company
Description: Elevated view over dam of the site of the Cornell Wood Products Company. On the opposite shoreline is a pulpwood stacker, tall smokestack, water tower, and factory buildings.
Image ID: 86059
Creation
Date: 		1927 
Creator
Name: 		Gillett, Sherwin
City, State: Cornell, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Gillett, Sherwin H.: Papers and Photographs, 1910 - 1961
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		From the historical marker: In 1912, after a permanent dam was built across the Chippewa River near this location, the Cornell Wood Products Company, a large paper milling operation, began production. The company manufactured paper products, cardboard and wallboard. The original complex consisted of a log pond, slasher building, stacker, stacker pit building, sluice locker/tool building, office and garage.
Subjects: Trees
Dwellings
Cities and towns
Shrubs
Bridges
Dams
Lakes
Paper mills
Paper products
Pulp mills
Wood products
Outdoor photography
Chimneys
Industrial buildings
Cranes, derricks, etc.
Water towers
Factories
 

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