Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
"Huge chipper disks were fabricated for cutting paper pulp logs into chips for the digesters at the paper mills. This disk in the [Portland Company] shop appears to be about 10 to 12 feet in diameter and has three cutting blades.--Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 99.
About This Item
- Title: Chipper disk, Portland Company, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 37-45
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Iron industry and trade
- Manufacturing industries--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Paper industries--Equipment
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Interiors--Photographs
- Steel industry and trade
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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