1955
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*By 1955, the total number of permits issued for that year was 473 with a value of more than $2,000,000. | *By 1955, the total number of permits issued for that year was 473 with a value of more than $2,000,000. | ||
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| + | *Although the total number of mills was dropping county-wide, the 1955 [[Springfield]] directory indicates the addition of a number of new timber-related operations, including the Hal Andrus, Armstrong, Clements, Cusstom, Diamond, Square-Deal, Swanson, Transit, and Walden lumber companies (Johnson 1955). | ||
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| + | [[Naton Mills, Incorporated|Natron Mills, Inc.]] expanded again in 1955 when a new plywood plant was constructed ([[Springfield News]] 1954, 1955). | ||
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Lane County
By 1955, the total number of mills had dropped to 99 as smaller mills closed, but overall production increased as a number of mills became larger and more diversified. Production increased from just over three million board-feet in 1940 to about a billion and a half in 1955 (USFS 1957: 33-34).
Springfield
- McKenzie-Willamette Hospital opens.
- By 1955, the total number of permits issued for that year was 473 with a value of more than $2,000,000.
- Although the total number of mills was dropping county-wide, the 1955 Springfield directory indicates the addition of a number of new timber-related operations, including the Hal Andrus, Armstrong, Clements, Cusstom, Diamond, Square-Deal, Swanson, Transit, and Walden lumber companies (Johnson 1955).
Natron
Natron Mills, Inc. expanded again in 1955 when a new plywood plant was constructed (Springfield News 1954, 1955).
