Pulpwood Stacker

Pulpwood Stacker (HMUZW)

Location: Cornell, WI 54732 Chippewa County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 9.965', W 91° 9.324'

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The Cornell Pulpwood Stacker is believed to be the last of its kind in the world and is listed in the State and National Register of Public Places. Designed and constructed in 1911-12 by the Joors Manufacturing Co., of England for the Cornell Wood Products Co., the Stacker represented a change in the storage and handling of pulpwood. The mechanical conveyor was used to stack the wood after the logs were slashed into smaller pieces. The wood was later floated down a sluice to the grinder room of the paper mill where it was reduced to pulp and converted to paper.

The steel structure measures 175 ft in height with a width of 36 ft at the base and 10 ft at the tip. The 45 degree angle is maintained by concrete counter weights. The conveyor, which was operated by a 35 horsepower electric motor located at the tip of the Stacker, consisted of a one inch wire cable equipped with iron discs. Workers made repairs by using the catwalk on the upper side of the left truss frame.

All but two of the original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1989 and all, except about 60 feet, of the original sluice system and log pond has been filled in. A victim of obsolescence, the Stacker operation ceased in 1971 and now stands in memorial to our heritage and in tribute to an era gone by but not forgotten.
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HM NumberHMUZW
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Marker Number40
Placed ByThe Chippewa County Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, August 31st, 2014 at 9:59pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 644961 N 5003055
Decimal Degrees45.16608333, -91.15540000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 9.965', W 91° 9.324'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 9' 57.90" N, 91° 9' 19.44" W
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Area Code(s)715
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 50 Bridge St, Cornell WI 54732, US
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