Photos of the Covington Mill
Here is a collection of photographs of the Covington mill taken from various sources including those collected by Bill Riley and Ed Matics.
Covington No. 1 and 2 Paper Machines (back to top)
Covington No. 1 and No. 2 Paper Machines
Covington No. 1 and No. 2 Paper Machines
Calender room in early
years
Paper Machine Crew
Covington No. 3 and 4 Paper Machines (back to top)
pmcrew.jpg
These photographs were taken just prior to the shutdown and demolition of
these two paper machines.
No. 8 Paper Machine was built in the place of these two older machines.
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28, 1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
No. 3 and 4 PM March 28,
1953
Covington No. 5 Paper Machine (back to top)
Covington No. 6 and 7 Paper Machines (back to top)
Covington No. 6 and 7 Paper Machines November
1927
Covington No. 6 Paper Machine wet end
Expansion of sheet finishing August 12, 1927
Covington No. 8 Paper Machine (back to top)
No. 8 PM construction May 8, 1953
No. 8 PM construction May 25
1953
No. 8 Paper Machine Dryer Section During Construction - 1953
(Close-up)
No. 8 PM dry end prior to installation
of coaters
No. 8 PM wet end with dandy
roll
Photo of No. 8 Paper Machine Reel
Construction of the Board Mill
Dryer Section for the Cylinder Board Mill
Cylinder board machine drying section - drive
side
Dry end of cylinder board machine
Aerial and Panoramas (back to top)
Covington, VA at the turn of the century
Panorama from the hill behind the mill circa
1920s
Panorama from the banks of the Jackson River circa
1920s
Detail of above panorama section 1
Detail of above panorama section 2
Detail of above panorama section 3
Detail of above panorama section 4
Detail of above panorama section
5
Panorama including city reservior
Aerial View of the Covington Mill circa late 1940s
View of mill with Covington city reservoir in
foreground
Photo of Covington Mill and Surrounding Area
Photo of Covington Mill and Surrounding
Area - higher resolution
Photo of Alleghany
Avenue Taken from Air
Photo of the Paper Mill
- North
Photo of the Paper Mill
- South
Photo of the Pulp
Mill
Photo of West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Company - Country Club
Aerial View of the Covington Mill circa late
1960s
Aerial View of the Covington Mill circa late 1960s
color
Sulfite Pulp Mill (back to top)
Old Sulfilte Pulp Mill
View of Sulfite Pulp Mill in 1920s
Construction of digester house circa 1920s
Completed digester house circa 1920s with company
housing in foreground
Digester house circa 1940 with Board mill in
foreground
Firing end of the rotary
furnace
Rotary Building -
1928
Photo of Pulp Mill before Pollution Controls
Photo of Pulp Mill
after Pollution Controls
Pulp Washers
Publicity Photo of unbleached pulp sampling
Construction of the electrolyte cells
Chlorine Cells in the Electolytic Plant (used for bleaching
pulp)
Woodyard circa
1930s
Demolition of the Old Woodyard - 1
Demolition of the Old Woodyard - 2
Demolition of the Old Woodyard - 3
Demolition of the Old Woodyard - 4
Woodyard 1952
Woodyard looking east 1960s
Woodyard 1990
Woodyard 1990
Wood unloading in the 1950s
Pine log flume
Pine log flume investigating rail car
unloading
Railcar unloading of pulp wood
1913 Flood from the foot bridge looking upstream
1913 Flood from the railroad bridge looking upstream
Snow Cap Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
West Virginia Pulp Products
Employees Leaving the Covington Mill
Employees Leaving the Covington Mill 2
Football Games at the Westvaco baseball field
VFB Gravure printing press
Apprenticeship Seal for John Luke
Construction of the basin for primary
clarifiers
Construction of waste treatment
tanks
Covington Lime Kiln
Covington
Experimental Pulp Mill
West Virginia Pulp Mill Davis West
Virginia
Aerial View of the Charleston Paper Mill
Original Luke
Mill
Luke, MD Mill
Luke woodyard
Davis, WV Mill
Construction of the Experimental Pulp Mill Building
McAllister and Bell Mill
(back to top)
McAllister and Bell Mill from Paper Mill Side
McAllister and Bell Mill from the othe side
McAllister and Bell Mill during 1913 flood
