Thomson's Pulp Mill: Building the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, North Caroli

Description: Thomson's Pulp Mill by Carroll C. Jones Thomsons Pulp Mill is a well-researched and detailed account of the Champion Fibre Companys humble beginnings in Canton, North Carolina. History with pictures spanning over 100 years. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a story of Peter Gibson Thomsons pulp mill. Through extensive research, the author has gathered information from a wide variety of sources, including scattered mill documents, drawings and letters, old journals and photographs, memoirs, and interviews with former and current employees and their families. In this book, Thomsons Pulp Mill, readers are presented with the intriguing story of the Champion Fibre Companys original construction, and treated with approximately one hundred contemporaneous photos illustrating in magnificent detail the construction of Thomsons massive brick buildings beside the Pigeon River. Peter G.Thomson came to the western North Carolina mountains more than a hundred years ago in search of a proper site to build his mammoth pulp mill. This book contains the story of the building of the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, North Carolina between 1905 and 1908. Also included are many old construction photographs that illustrate the immense effort that took place on the bank of the Pigeon River. Author Biography Carroll C Jones was born and raised in the western North Carolina mountains and is directly descended from pioneering families of Haywood County. He presently lives in Morristown, Tennessee with his wife Maria, but they manage to retreat to the Carolina highlands on a regular basis. Thomsons Pulp Mill-his seventh book-is a historical non-fiction work that has provided Carroll with an opportunity to research and write a story about the original construction of the Champion Fibre Company pulp mill in Canton, North Carolina. His great-grandfather helped build the mill, his parents worked there, and it provided the foundation for his own professional career. . Review "Over the last several years Canton has experienced a rebirth affectionately known as the Canton Comeback; a renaissance of not only new businesses, but an attitude that a mill town still has a place in the 21st century. In his book, Thomsons Pulp Mill, Carroll C. Jones--a local Canton boy, historian, and award-winning author--has provided readers a well-researched and detailed account of the Champion Fibre Companys humble beginnings. While reading this book, I challenge you to take a pause and close your eyes. If you do, you will hear the sounds of the factory, smell the woodchips, and imagine yourself being in that time and place, more than a century ago. e ability to do so is not just a testament to the story of our mill and town, but to Mr. Jones fantastic writing." Zeb Smathers, Mayor of the Town of Canton, North Carolina "Educated as an engineer, Carroll C. Jones--a historian, an award-winning author, and a retired Champion employee who grew up in the shadow of the vast factory--has endeavored to uncover the story of Peter Gibson Thomsons pulp mill. rough extensive research, he has gathered information from a wide variety of sources, including scattered mill documents, drawings and letters, old journals and photographs, memoirs, and interviews with former and current employees and their families. In his book, Thomsons Pulp Mill, readers are presented with the intriguing story of the Champion Fibre Companys original construction, and treated with approximately one hundred contemporaneous photos illustrating in magnificent detail the construction of Thomsons massive brick buildings beside the Pigeon River." Edie Hutchins Burnette, -- Award Winning Author of Mountain Echoes Details ISBN1945619643 Author Carroll C. Jones Short Title Thomsons Pulp Mill Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 1945619643 ISBN-13 9781945619649 Format Hardcover Imprint Little Creek Books Pages 190 Publisher Little Creek Books Publication Date 2018-08-03 UK Release Date 2018-08-03 Illustrations 200 Illustrations Subtitle Building the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, North Carolina: 1905 to 1908 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141818136;

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