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Georgia-Pacific lumber mill in Eureka, California (May 1972). Georgia-Pacific was founded by Owen Robertson Cheatham on September 22, 1927 in Augusta, Georgia , as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. [ 5 ] He started the company through the acquisition of a wholesale hardwood lumber yard.
In 1969, the Union Lumber Company was purchased by Boise Cascade and John Quincy and it became Georgia Pacific Lumber Company in 1973. The mill was shut down in 2002 after being identified as a nonperforming asset. The 400-acre (1.6 km 2) piece of property within the city limits takes up almost the entire coastline of Fort Bragg, including Fort ...
Pilings from the mill can be seen on Caspar Beach south of the community. The mill was featured on the cover of a 1938 National Geographic magazine. [7] Multiple heirs to the Caspar Lumber Company sold their holdings to Georgia-Pacific and a pair of private investors in 1989. Ownership of the central parcels, consisting of more than 300 acres ...
Hammond Lumber Company railroads brought logs and lumber to Samoa from Little River and Big Lagoon until the railway trestles were destroyed by wildfire in 1945. Georgia-Pacific Corporation purchased the Samoa sawmill complex in 1956 and began operation of a plywood mill in 1958. [17]
Trees are unloaded by a crane at Buckeye’s Foley plant in Taylor County in 2012. The Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida, announced on Sept. 18, 2023, that Georgia-Pacific plans to ...
The distribution division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation began operations in 1954 with 13 warehouses used for storage and distribution of Georgia-Pacific plywood. [1] Over the next 40 years, the division grew to over 130 warehouses nationwide, offering a wide range of products.
Broadway Mill expansion adds to Georgia-Pacific's Green Bay-area workforce; jobs still available. The new equipment and production lines incorporate a lot of automation and technology to increase ...
Georgia Pacific completed closure of the Foley Mill Nov. 17, 2023 after 69 years of operation. The agency is working as an intermediator between prospective buyers and Georgia Pacific.