February 1972International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
The camera used is a Yashica SLR with Ektachrome slide film. The slides were converted to digital using a home made light box and camera stand holding a Nikon L-19 camera.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
This plant has three treating cylinders,
two where the sheds have an open front,
and one outside at far right.
I inspected and bought southern pine
utility poles from here.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
The brown stain on the tanks, building,
and grass is the mix of fuel oil and
pentachlorophenol. The operator was killed
when he read a tank thermometer as 145 degrees
when it was actually 245 degrees. He then
adgitated the solution with compressed air
which caused water below the hearing coils
to turn to steam, blowing out the contents
and scalding the operator to death.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
The above accident happened the night
before my arrival.
Shown here are the two treating cylinders
under a roof.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
Two instrument boards against the
side of one of the treating cylinders.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
Bright red air compressor.
February 1972
International Paper Company
Wood Treating Division
De Ridder, Lousiana
A maze of plumbing and valves above
one of the treating cylinders.
This plants plumbing grew by accident
but it is clean and bright.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
I was here to inspect a couple train
loads of railroad ties for C&NW RR in Iowa.
The cherry picker at rear is loading air
dried untreated ties onto the conveyor.
There are many stacks of air drying ties
in the background.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
The conveyor brings the ties past the
plexiglass window of the inspection hut.
Here the ties are rotated and the ends
trimmed for a good look. An operator at
the control panel at lower right puts the
ties into the appropriate bin for their grade.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
As above, showing the mirror to see
the far end of the tie.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
A view of the conveyor chain which takes
the acceptable ties to their bin.
Some of the workes standing on a roller
conveyor to the storage bin.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
Foreground: inspected and end-trimmed untreated
railroad ties ready to be loaded onto tram cars
and pushed into the treating cylinders for
preservative treatment.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
As above, with cherry picker working
to load ties onto conveyor at center rear.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
As above, with an inspection hut at right.
July 1974
Koppers Company
Galesburg, Illinois
A view of the distant stacks of railroad
ties. There are many, many trainloads of
ties in these storage yards!
Casswood Treated Products Company
August 1974
Casswood Treated Products Company
Beardstown, Illinois
A tractor pulling a charge of untreated
lumber from the treating cylinder after it
did not fit the cylinder properly, being too long.
I bought bridge timbers, lumber, and cross-arms at
Pennington Cross Arm Co. in Beardstown and Casswood
treated them.
August 1974
Casswood Treated Products Company
Beardstown, Illinois
Another try at loading the treating
cylinder.
August 1974
Casswood Treated Products Company
Beardstown, Illinois
The office is at left, tram cars and
lumber at center, the treating cylinder
and shop at right. The opening at far
right does not contain a treating cylinder.