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Champion-International Paper Company, Paper Machine Building, West bank of Spicket River at Canal Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

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Champion-International Paper Company, Paper Machine Building, West bank of Spicket River at Canal Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

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Significance: The Paper Machine Building symbolizes the transformation of a small-scale craft into a machine-powered industry. This building was constructed to houses Champion-International's enormous Fourdrinier machine. The building also illustrates the twentieth-century use of steel framing for industrial structures.
Survey number: HAER MA-139-B

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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