1948

"Beloit Iron Works"

Paper Machines:

      #260 Boerst Forester Deerfield   132Tt Tissue      New York       1500 f.p.m.

      #261 Michigan Carton #3           140" Cylinder       Michigan       1000 f.p.m.

      #269 Marathon #2                       136" Tissue          Wisconsin     1500 f.p.m.

** #272 Rhinelander #7                    182" Fourdrinier  Wisconsin       750 f.p.m.

      #273 Bastrop #4                           192" Fourdrinier   Louisiana       1600 f.p.m.

      #274 Gulf States "C"                   170" Fourdrinier   Alabama         1800 f.p.m.

*    #275 Macon Kraft #1                  216" Fourdrinier   Georgia           1500 f.p.m.

      #276 Crown Zeilerbach #15        152" Fourdrinier   Washington  1500 fop.m,

      #277 Container #2                        178" Fourdrinier   Florida            1500 f.p.m..

      #278 Northern #1                         138" Tissue          Wisconsin      2000 f.p.m.

#* The "Ripco Maid", world's largest glassine machine.

# "The Buccaneer" 540T long machine produced 839 tons in 24 hours.

Comments:

Company started air loading suction rolls.

Foundry sand testing laboratory instituted in August.

Beloit Iron Works acquired first plane.

Farrel roll grinder accommodating (30) 60" by 378" rolls installed.

J. J. Phillips, traffic manager, elected to the Beloit City Council.

Russ 01 son put in charge of the order and service department.

Miss Vernice Sennett made head of the stenographic department.

Company acquired the former Hay Market triangle fronting on

Third Street by purchase from the City of Beloit adding .213 acres.

The biggest brass foundry meld for one day was achieved August 16

when a total of 11, 976# were melted for casting.

Company reached the peak in its production of drives.

Enso Gutzeit began construction of a paper mill at Kaukopaa in the

southeastern part of Finland to house the first Beloit machine.

D. C. Everest of the Marathon Corporation purchased the Wausau

Paper Mills and operated it as an individual unite

"Beloit Iron Works"

Produced: Seven winders, seven reels, nine presses, nine

fourdriniers, four headvats, six dryer sections, and five calenders.

Paper machinery produced: 30, 364,139#

Castings produced: 22,511,211#

Suction rolls: 161

Drives: 237

Dryers: 649

Shipped direct: 8, 649, 801#

Pipe rolls average per month: 184

Number of employees: 1450

Machine Shop hours: 433,826