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The 1850s brought a wave of expansion to the paper industry in
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in 1,700 years. This advancement dramatically transformed the industry and earned Taylor a place as a pioneer in the technical development of
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History of the Don Valley Paper Mill – Information from "Don Valley Legacy" and from Domtar courtesy Lyla
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317:Canada's paper industry
236:pulp and paper industry
133:Friends of the Don East
22:Part of a series on the
1099:Bleaching of wood pulp
345:Don Valley Brick Works
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102:Don Valley Brick Works
1018:Corrugated fiberboard
775:Electrical insulation
628:Thomas Francis Carter
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882:Photographic
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728:Construction
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76:Milne Hollow
1354:1809 births
1349:1871 deaths
1280:Paper money
1240:Lined paper
1159:Papermaking
1092:and process
1090:Manufacture
1066:Paper sizes
795:Greaseproof
780:GenkĹŤ yĹŤshi
633:Dard Hunter
565:Originators
533:Papermaking
228:John Taylor
221:Businessman
185:John Taylor
125:Environment
107:John Taylor
1328:Categories
1217:Paper mill
1144:Organosolv
1023:Fiber crop
1013:China clay
972:Waterproof
872:Paperboard
750:Correction
743:Carbonless
591:Developers
385:2008-03-21
358:References
285:paper mill
242:Early life
218:Occupation
27:Don Valley
1270:Notebooks
1255:Cardboard
1038:Wood pulp
1006:Materials
982:Wood-free
957:Wallpaper
952:Tree-free
892:Red rosin
877:Parchment
862:Onionskin
857:Newsprint
718:Cartridge
713:Cardstock
708:Cardboard
658:Acid-free
347:in 1889.
335:in 1909.
309:wood pulp
297:newsprint
264:Don River
40:Don River
1303:Category
1260:Clothing
1178:Industry
1114:Deinking
1104:Calender
1061:Grammage
947:Transfer
912:Security
785:Glassine
688:Blotting
663:Air-laid
621:Scholars
1313:Commons
1265:Tissues
1056:Density
1033:Papyrus
992:Writing
942:Tracing
932:Thermal
907:Scritta
902:Rolling
867:Origami
830:Butcher
765:Display
733:Contact
698:Bristol
673:Asphalt
578:Damjing
572:Cai Lun
543:History
301:roofing
258:to the
256:Vaughan
232:Toronto
196: (
89:History
1195:Europe
1190:Canada
937:Tissue
847:Manila
820:Korean
815:Ingres
810:Inkjet
723:Coated
703:Carbon
678:Banana
323:Legacy
32:Rivers
1205:Japan
1200:India
967:Wasli
962:Washi
922:Stone
852:Mummy
842:Lokta
825:Kraft
805:India
790:Graph
760:CrĂŞpe
683:Bible
668:Amate
651:Types
518:Paper
63:Parks
1233:Uses
1222:List
997:Xuan
987:Wove
917:Seed
897:Rice
837:Laid
800:Hemp
738:Copy
693:Bond
209:1871
206:Died
198:1809
194:1809
191:Born
977:Wax
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