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  2. Weyerhaeuser - Wikipedia

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    The Weyerhaeuser Company ( / ˈwɛərhaʊzər /) is an American timberland company which owns nearly 12,400,000 acres (19,400 sq mi; 50,000 km 2) of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional 14,000,000 acres (22,000 sq mi; 57,000 km 2) of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. [5] The company has manufactured wood products for ...

  3. Friedrich Weyerhäuser - Wikipedia

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    Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as large areas of forested land in the northern United States.

  4. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company - Wikipedia

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    Westwood Shipping Lines. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was a cargo Liner company founded in Tacoma, Washington. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was founded by Weyerhaeuser Company in 1933. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest lumber and paper companies in the United States. First called the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company which started with ships for ...

  5. Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    History. The village was named after Frederick Weyerhaeuser of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company.. Geography. Weyerhaeuser is located at (45.423201, -91.415520. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.95 square miles (2.46 km 2), of which 0.94 square miles (2.43 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water.

  6. George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    The kidnapping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser [a] occurred in 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser, George was successfully released for ransom and eventually succeeded his father as the chairman of the Weyerhaeuser company. The four participants in the kidnapping were apprehended ...

  7. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    Parallel-strand lumber ( PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive. It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses. The strands in PSL are clipped veneer elements having a least dimension of not more than inch (6.4 mm) and an average length of at least 300 times this ...

  8. Northern Pacific Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Pacific Railway ( reporting mark NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres (62,000 sq mi; 160,000 km 2) of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe ...

  9. Weyerhaeuser House - Wikipedia

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    Weyerhaeuser House. /  41.50139°N 90.55528°W  / 41.50139; -90.55528. The Weyerhaeuser House, also known as House on the Hill, is a building in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1865 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The home is now part of the Augustana College campus.