Hammermill Papers truck at Grays Harbor Pulp & Paper Co. plant — 8/1/1985 — #69454_1
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United States — Washington (State) — Hoquiam
Grays Harbor Pulp & Paper Co.
The Grays Harbor Pulp & Paper plant was opened in 1929. In 1937 three Olympic Peninsula mills (Port Angeles, Shelton, and Grays Harbor) joined together to form Rayonier, Inc. but the paper from Grays Harbor continued to be sold under the Hammermill name. The pulp and paper operations were spun off into separate operations in 1959, and a few years later Hammermill bought back into the paper mill in a joint venture with ITT Rayonier. International Paper bought Hammermill in 1986, but the mill was put up for sale in 1992. When a buyer could not be found, the mill was closed in October 1992, throwing 650 area residents out of work. In December of 1993, a group of local investors restarted the paper mill portion of the plant as Grays Harbor Paper, L.P. producing fine papers from purchased bleached kraft wood pulp.
Thanks to Sam Talley, who writes: "This Freightliner was built in Portland, Oregon. The 'twin screw', meaning two drive axles, COE cab is now considered a dinosaur. The cab over engine style was designed for legal weight distribution and length limits. The driver's seat was right over the engine. To get into the truck you stepped up onto the loop step under the cab with your right foot, up into the recessed step below the door with your left foot and swung your right leg into the cab. The hand rail is to the right of the door.The access to the engine was achieved by cranking a hand pump which tilted the entire cab/sleeper birth forward. When you did this all loose objects (papers, thermos, etc.) had to be secured or would end up on the floor or against the windshield. In a few years people will ask "How could anyone drive that thing?"
