What did EPA remove from the former Stevens & Thompson paper mill?
EPA reported removing asbestos insulation and other hazardous materials from the former Middle Falls tissue-paper mill, while also documenting process machinery and the facility’s long manufacturing history.
Documented evidence
- Stevens & Thompson manufactured tissue paper at the Middle Falls facility from the late 1880s and ceased operations in 2001.
- EPA reported removing asbestos insulation during cleanup of the abandoned site.
- EPA also documented process machinery and other industrial materials, providing context for later equipment- and task-specific research.
What the record does not establish
The cleanup summary does not by itself identify which historical departments, workers or maintenance tasks involved the asbestos insulation.
Why this becomes graph value
The record is published as a reconstruction object, not a list entry. Legacy preserves the source, time context, material or task context, and the boundary between documentation and inference so the same evidence can support more than one historical question without being overstated.
Next reconstruction questions
Useful next questions include: What years? Which building, department, vehicle, machine, trade or maintenance task? What records, specifications, photographs, purchase documents, union records or coworkers can narrow the history?
Primary source
Primary source record Primary / authoritative source