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Reclaiming and wood preparation buildings

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  • This mid-1907 view to the southeast shows the reclaiming building on the left and wood preparation buildings on the right. Smoke can be seen coming out of the tall stacks connected to the contractor's sawmill. This photograph is part of the Alan & Stephen Sellars Collection, a collection of photographs depicting the construction of the Champion Fibre Company paper mill in Canton, North Carolina. The mill, under construction from 1905 until 1908, was, for a time, the largest paper mill in the world. Much of the description information came from Carroll C. Jones and his book “Thomson’s Pulp Mill: Building the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, North Carolina – 1905 to 1908” where more details can be found.