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J \) }. U-t ! 12 MILLIONTH TON OF ALUMINA SHIPPED . . . Sherwin plant marks 17th anniversary 112 Millionth Ton Marks Birthday Of Sherwin Plant The Sherwin Alumina Plant, a 1956 and continued through 1953 division of Reynolds Metal Co., doubled the size of the plant, recently marked its 17th anni Two digester units, three kilns! versary with the production of and additions to all other pro-1 its 12 millionth ton of alumina. cess equipment were included in When the plant began opera the expansion. 1 n, tions in June of 1953, it was the only installation in the United States where bauxite was deliv ered by ocean-going vessels. To day, Sherwin is the largest alu mina plant in the world. ' Sherwin supplies all of the alu mina of four Reynolds Reduc tion Plants in the United States and to plants in Canada and Venezuela. More than three mil lion tons of cargo gb through the The second major construction program was completed in 1963 increasing rated capacity from 2,000 to 2,400 tons- Of alumina per day. The third and final ma jor plant expansion was carried out in a three-year period end ing in 1967. The. five-unit plant with more than. 200 precipitators increased rated capacity to 3,250 tons per day.*; H ''p .. plant docks each year. R. H. Featherston, 5414 Chevy The 1953 the two-unit plant Chase, is plant manager. R. W. was rated at 1,000 tons of alumi Nix,; 6937 Aswan, is-.assistant na a day and employed 300 peo plant manager;.^ ple. A series of plant expansions The. plant employes; 1,050 per and ronndouts was begun in 1955 sons.'Annual .`wages .at the. plant which utimately increased the total' 10 million dollars. The rated capacity from 1,000 to plant pays approximately one 3,250 tons of alumina a day. million dollars in local and state Construction which began in taxes each year. /711. v -i \ r\