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In 1925,
J.P.
Weyerhaeuser,
Jr., then
serving as
manager of the
Clearwater
Timber Company,
came to
Lewiston, Idaho
and opened an
office taking
with him G. F.
Jewett and C. L.
Billings.
Construction of
the plant, which
stands on the
site of the
former Lewiston
fair grounds,
was started in
February of 1926
and the first
saw log went
through the mill
on August 8,
1927.
In 1930
Robert T.
Bowling, still
employed as an
engineer with
Potlatch Forest
Industries
developed
Pres-to-Logs and
Pres-to-Log
stoker fuel at
the Clearwater
unit - the first
major step in
more complete
utilization of
the harvested
tree through use
of waste
material. The
fuel is
manufactured
from dry
shavings from
the planer mill
by subjecting
them to
compression and
intense heat.
From this
development came
Wood Briquettes,
Inc., organized
in 1933 for the
purpose of
leasing machines
for manufacture
of the fuel.
North
Idaho Energy
Logs Inc.
started on May
6, 1986 with a 2
machine
operation.
Today, the
product from
these same
machines are
known as Energy
Logs. The trade
name
Pres-to-Logs was
bought by a
company making a
different type
of log with
different type
of machinery.
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