Thematic Collections
Mill Workers
Valmet Press Section
Date: Dec. 13th, 1979
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: Workers at paper machine Number 7 are showing a Valmet press section at Fraser Paper Limited in Madawaska, Maine. The Number 7 paper machine is 234 inches wide, has an operating speed of 2,000 feet per minute. In the 1960s, this machine was considered one of the top paper machines in the industry. The average production per day was 175 tons of uncoated fine paper or 155 tons of groundwood phone directory paper.
Subject: Maine, Logging, Paper industry workers, Madawaska
Date: Dec. 13th, 1979
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: Workers at paper machine Number 7 are showing a Valmet press section at Fraser Paper Limited in Madawaska, Maine. The Number 7 paper machine is 234 inches wide, has an operating speed of 2,000 feet per minute. In the 1960s, this machine was considered one of the top paper machines in the industry. The average production per day was 175 tons of uncoated fine paper or 155 tons of groundwood phone directory paper.
Subject: Maine, Logging, Paper industry workers, Madawaska
