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Georgia-Pacific Palatka Paper Mill Celebrates 75 Years

PALATKA, Fla., November 3, 2022 -- Georgia-Pacific’s Palatka mill and its nearly 900 employees celebrate its 75th anniversary of operation this week.On the evening of November 5, 1947, the first sheet of paper was produced at the Hudson Pulp and Paper Company, a large plant located on Palatka's northern outskirts. At first, Hudson employed only 279 persons, but within three decades the work force had risen to 2,400 persons. It was the state’s largest producer of facial and bathroom tissue, and through the