Autoclave used in chestnut extract

Description

Chestnut trees provided a double use for Champion who pioneered, and had a patent on, the practice of extracting tannic acid and then using the sulphate method for pulping the wood chips to make paper. Champion was at one time the largest producer of 25% chestnut extract, exporting nationwide and to 12 countries. Production began in 1908 and halted in 1951 about 25 years after blight hit Western North Carolina killing off the chestnut trees. In this photograph the autoclave is being loaded for the last time by O. J. Ford, cook, as Shift foreman Newt Wright, left oldest Extract employee, looks on. More information about this photograph can be found in Champion publication The Log. Click the link in the “Related Materials” field to view the article on pages 1 - 3.
Details
- Creator
  - Unknown
- Format
  - Negatives (photographs)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: 1951-06;
  - Date digitized: 2017-03-18
- Extent
  - Dimension: 4" x 5"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Haywood County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Canton Area Historical Museum
- Identifier
  - CAHM_EXT-06_02
- Related material
  - Find related materials in The Log Vol. 34 No. 08: Https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/7966
- Repository
  - Canton Area Historical Museum

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