Description:
Compressed wood pulp bucket with two metal handles, which was owned and/or used at the parsonage in Deerfield and once owned by Baxter Stimson. The bucket is stamped on the bottom: "UNITED INDURATED FIBRE, CO. / LOCKPORT, NY USA / PATENTED / Feb 6. 1882 / Oct 30, 1883, / Feb 12, 1884 / June 2, 1885 / May 23, 1886 / AND OTHERS" and a large molded "IA." The Lockport Pulp Company was the third company powered by the underground Hydraulic Race tunnel on the north side of the Erie canal. The wood pulp was shipped by rail to the United Indurated Fibre Company and the United Box and Carton Company (later to become the Upson Company) also located in Lockport. Using large steam presses these fiber companies would compress the wood pulp into various products such as buckets, bowls, slop jars, water coolers, umbrella stands, milk pans, tubs, wsh basins, butter bowls, pails, pots, and cuspidors. These wood pulp products did not taint the taste of milk or other contents, and did not leak, shrink, or swell, or water soak; there was nor hoops to rust or drop off. The companies making these fiber products could not compete with galvanized iron pails and other products made from tin and aluminum, which put them out of business. The company was purchased in 1914, and the name was changed to the Fibre Corporation. The pulp mill, which was built in 1880 operated continuously until 1941 when it closed.
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