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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<title>Allied Paper</title>
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<p align="center"><strong> The Allied Paper Mill of Kalamazoo, MI<br>
</strong><font size="1"><a href="/changelog.html">Last Update</a>: 30 Dec 2002</font></p>
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<p align="center"><img src="photo/alliedfront.jpg" width="495" height="190"><br>
<font size="-1">Built in the 1890s, abandoned in 1998, the Allied Paper Mill
now stands forlorn and empty.<br>
<strong>"This factory is no longer about making money... It's about making
peoples' dreams come true."</strong> </font></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="left"><strong><font size="-1">We'd love to hear from you:</font></strong><font size="-1">
If you visit this site and like it, don't like it, if you're from Kalamazoo
or work in the paper industry, if you're familiar with Allied Paper, used to
work there or know someone who did, or would just like to say hi, please visit
the <a href="http://forum.alliedpaper.org:8000/">discussion board</a> (no account
needed), or send e-mail to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
All e-mails will be held in strict confidentiality unless you instruct us otherwise.
Also, if you happen to know anything or have any information about any of the
machinery or other objects seen in the factory, we'd really like to hear from
you about it, so drop us a line.</font></p>
<hr>
<p align="left"><strong> Virtual Mill Tours:</strong></p>
<p align="left">We have prepared photographic 'tours' of portions of much of this
abandoned paper mill for your viewing enjoyment:</p>
<table width="75%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><a href="milld-select.html"><img src="photo/milldfront.jpg" width="230" height="148" border="2"></a></td>
<td valign="bottom"><div align="center"><a href="powerhouse.html"><img src="photo/pwrfront.jpg" width="230" height="236" border="2"></a></div></td>
<td valign="bottom"><div align="center"><a href="/millc.html"><img src="photo/millcfront.jpg" width="250" height="188" border="2"></a></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center"><a href="milld-select.html">Mill D</a></div></td>
<td><div align="center">
<p><a href="powerhouse.html">Power House</a><br>
<strong>New:</strong> <a href="powerhouselog.html">PowerHouse Operations
Logbook</a> from the summer of 1987!</p>
</div></td>
<td><div align="center"><a href="/millc.html">Mill C</a></div></td>
</tr>
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<td><div align="center"><a href="grounds.html"><img src="photo/grounds.jpg" width="230" height="173" border="2"></a></div></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<td> </td>
<td><div align="center"><a href="grounds.html">The Factory Grounds</a></div></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><strong align="left"> Links:</strong><br>
<a href="/changelog.html">Site Change Log & Information Updates</a><br>
<a href="http://forum.alliedpaper.org:8000/"> Discussion Board</a><br>
<a href="#other">Other Factories of Interest</a><br>
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">E-Mail Author</a> ([email protected])</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Allied Paper Info:</strong></p>
<p align="left">The Allied Paper factory currently consists of three mill buildings,
Mill C, Mill D, and Mill E, and a power plant (The Power House). There are also
several electrical switchgear cabinets on the property, a Consumers' Energy
substation (which has now mostly been removed by Consumers'), and the remains
of an overhead viaduct that once carried steam, process water, and perhaps electricity
between the above mentioned buildings on the north side of Alcott street and
the former Mill A and Mill B buildings south of Alcott. (Mills A and B were
torn down some years ago.)</p>
<p align="left">When I first became aware of the mill's existance, the property
was completely abandoned (in terms of production and security), but Mill C still
had electrical service to its lighting and remaining machinery, and some of
the control panels in the Power House were still lit (although the building's
electrical service did not appear to be online). However, several weeks after
a court hearing about the property in the summer of 2001, (the details of which
I do not know, although it has been suggested that it was a <em>Final Bankruptcy
Hearing</em>), Consumers' Energy deactivated and then removed most of the components
of the substation that was powering the facility, leaving it powerless. Also,
in December 2000, the remaining portion of Mill E (some of which had been torn
down in the past) collapsed under the weight of heavy snowfall. On October 18th,
2001, one of the front sections of Mill C (consisting mostly of laboratory and
office space) caught fire, evidently as a result of actions by vandals or other
criminals. According to sources, the fire department quickly put out the fire,
and in any case, the damage was confined, largely due to the firewall between
the labs/offices and the manufacturing areas of the Mill. None of the building
collapsed at the time of the fire or last winter (which was mild), but we shall
see what happens come this winter.</p>
<p align="left">It has been rumoured that the City is going to have the mill torn
down in the summer of 2003. Although nature is already working on the task,
it would be a shame to see it torn down prematurely, as some portions of the
structures are extremely stable and look like they would last for some time.
I suppose we shall see.</p>
<p align="left"><a name="other"></a><strong>Other Factories of Interest:</strong></p>
<table width="40%" border="0">
<tr>
<td height="188"><div align="center"><a href="/watervliet"><img src="photo/watervliet-small.jpg" width="240" height="169" border="2"></a></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><a href="/cvantage"><img src="photo/cvantage-small.JPG" width="240" height="134" border="2"></a></div></td>
</tr>
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<td><div align="center"><a href="/watervliet">Watervliet Paper Mill</a> <a href="#scaron">*</a></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><a href="/cvantage">Crown Vantage Paper Mill</a></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p align="left"> </p>
<p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="+3">(Disclaimer) </font><font color="#FF0000" size="+3">Danger:</font><font size="+3">
Keep Out</font></p>
<p align="left"><strong> This factory and other places like it are DANGEROUS and
we insist that you STAY AWAY from these kinds of places. They may contain physical,
chemical, and human dangers, and in many cases may be illegal for you to enter.
This website has been created so that you may enjoy the sights and history of
this paper mill without exposing yourself to the dangers associated with the
property. The operators of this website take absolutely no responsibility or
liability for your actions.</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><img src="photo/tomridge.jpg" width="250" height="124"></strong></p>
<p align="left"><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="left"><a name="scaron"></a>* The image on this page for the Watervliet
Paper Mill was generously supplied by S. Caron.</p>
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