Massive Abandoned 1950's Paper Mill Found In The Middle Of Nowhere. Explore # 110

This was the first time filming in the United States. I don't normally explore and film abandoned industrial buildings. So I was pretty excited to see this massive abandoned place. This place was in the middle of nowhere. This was such a fun explore for me. This building was built in 1956 and operated as Elk Roofing. It was a very successful company until the owner passed away in 1972. The family sold the business. In 1985 the current owners shut down the business and left it abandoned until 1991 when Striker Paper Company bought the building. They renovated the building and operated it until approx. 1999. The building has been abandoned since.
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Massive Abandoned 1950's Paper Mill Found In The Middle Of Nowhere. Explore # 110
Arkansas, USA
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0:00 - 0:37 - Intro
0:37 - 1:26 - Building info
1:26 - 2:14 - Drone Shots
2:14 - 31:33 - Building and Equipment
31:33 - 33:36 - Water Tower
33:36 - 42:27 - Offices
42:27 - 43:25 - Montage
43:25 - 44:00 - Outro
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[@numbnutz9398]

Hey Brent, somebody probably already said this but those rollers aren't powered by water. That big blue motor 11:46 is what drives the rollers. Those lines are for steam to heat all the rollers. This dries the paper as it makes its way down the line.

[@alanmerritt860]

Those hard hats are actually just called bump caps just to prevent minor knocks to the head. We used to wear them at a food manufacturing plant I worked

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Ok thanks! The ones we use on construction sites are much more substantial

[@GCF-Media]

Thank you Brent for checking Arkansas out and for exploring places with us at Abandoned Arkansas! Striker Paper Corporation is on my bucket list.

[@chriscunningham5042]

Hey Brent : the train cars you pointed out are use to move new automobiles and trucks.

[@imgerrydee]

No doubt about it, the train cars are for automobile transport. The machinery you thought was powered by water was powered by air 👍

[@OneBlueFroggy]

The train going by was a nice touch ! Almost made it seem like the roar and clatter of the machinery in motion. Love the drone shots, really gives a better idea as to the size of the place. Great explore, thanks fo taking us along ! 👍 🇨🇦 ✌️

[@carolmay5168]

It always amazes me that when a business closes, the employees/owners just walk out the door and leave everything behind.

[@customscreenprinting]

Abandoned Urbex Canada thanks for sharing this video with me about Massive Abandoned 1950's Paper Mill Found In The Middle Of Nowhere. Explore # 110 Arkansas, USA it was a really cool video i really enjoyed it and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again

[@megmills1697]

Welcome back again to the United States so happy to have you

[@ChrisN85420]

Black&Decker does still make coffee makers actually. Very nice explore😎

[@dennisud]

Nice to see you South of the border! ;-) Neat place and actually I sold some of those computers, in the late 80s and early 90s!

[@clairefunnell8481]

Fantastic explore Brent. So neat to see this. Love the trains going through. Your friend is a great tour guide. Looking forward to seeing more videos Brent. You stay safe out there.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

What? No refrigerator to open?🤣Very unique explore. Thanks Brent!

[@lucsmith2092]

😂

[@douglasfahner7536]

I really enjoy your videos. The hard hats you seen are actually called bump caps. They don't have the same protection. Everyone at Honda in Alliston has to wear one working on the cars. Please, keep up the great work!!!

[@CatsCoffeeCrime]

Really nice change of pace explore Brent. Throughly enjoyed it. Your tour guide was super. Great Job.

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks!

[@tracyb8193]

The work clock is called a time clock, you punched your time card in and out each day. Great explore very interesting. Hello from Sweet Home Alabama!

[@mdelannoy3495]

Awesome 👍👍it's huge be careful 👋👋😺😺

[@billstill1794]

Those train cars are auto racks, not cattle cars. Also, the paper manufacturer sends out those huge rolls as is to their customers and the customers then cut them down for their various uses. Very interesting place this time!

[@RB-sy1oz]

So great to see you in the Us again. You have a great group of friends. Thank you for another great explore. Love seeing your videos!

[@tmmartinesq.6216]

Come to Michigan, Brent---again. We have so much to check out, particularly in and around Detroit.

[@goodmuzikfan]

the rail car' that you saw are called "auto racks". used to haul cars/trucks. considering how they are on an active line (on a siding) they are in short term storage waiting for the call up, to return to duty!

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks! If seen them at the Honda car plant as well

[@gilbertquante1948]

Your closing montages are exceptional. They capture beauty in the scenes along with the emotion of life once lived at the location. You leave us with images that create imaginations of the past and what was lost. Gracias.

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks!

[@kelleygiambro7542]

Used to work for a company that supplied felts to paper mills used in all phases of production-wet felt, dryer felt, and forming fabrics. Awesome to see the sections where they were used.

[@patmurphy389]

I used to work for international paper co. Those rolls are what they run the paper on. Thank you for the video!

[@adventurebythemile]

You were not to far from where I live. I didn’t know that place was there but it was actually pretty easy to find. Glad to see you in the States. I love this channel!

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Very easy to find just nothing around this place. Great spot

[@3mate1]

20:27 funny, you can see that same coffee pot in Abandoned Atlas foundation's video, and the desk as well from 2013. A lot of what Michael says is indeed true, that stuff is mostly untouched... mostly.

[@denisewatson5295]

What a awesome place. It sure is a massive old paper mill. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊.

[@lorijones8573]

When you came across the black and decker I had to look it up. It came out March of 2016. The one there came out in 2022. Someone else brought it there. But it a cool place. A lot larger then the paper plant I worked at.

[@lovinglife6080]

What a wonderful walk through that you all did at this old papermill it was so cool to see this world of been wonderful to see it working back in the 90s thank you to you all for always having great videos sorry it took me so long to get back to you on this video been sick and still going through stuff God bless you Brent have a good weekend to you

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

So glad you enjoyed this one. Thank you!

[@bsage5514]

Awesome snap shot of factory life in the 80's. Clocking in n' out on the time clock LOL Safety Green, Caution Yellow, Industrial Gray, Machine Blue, Safety Crush Orange and Danger Red OSHA factory paint colors. Luved that the RR was still active there. The bats and 'mice' ?! LOL!! All in ALL a GREAT explore Thank you so much for this one! Shout out to Michael and Caitlin also

[@raynaknierim9277]

Interesting place. Very historical place. Thanks Brent for sharing this explore.

[@receivablesfastfence6955]

John from Edmonton Alberta Canada! Those are paper dryers and steam dried the paper! I worked in a paper mill! At Building Products in Edmonton!

[@paulym5814]

Those rolls were heated by high pressure steam. They rolled the paper and dried it as it passed through the rolls.

[@lindasimmonds1836]

Fun explore 🍻❤️🇨🇦

[@ronaldmiller2740]

HI BRENT,, GREAT VIDEO!!! THANKS FRIENDS ,, I LIKE EXPLORING IN THESE PLACES... PEACE!!!!

[@forgottenindiana.5991]

Great explore. Old factories are awesome to explore. Another great first rate video

[@BennyLlama39]

Brent: "It shows him on his Walkman; it doesn't show him on his cell phone, texting." Me: You got *that* right. There's a schmuck at work that nearly walked into me several times because of that. I'm tempted to slam right into him and, as I'm strolling away, tell him to get off his damn phone and pay attention.

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

🤣 This happens all the time in malls

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

That place is massive!

[@TheDodgefan2004]

Thanks for showing this, that was awesome, bet that was a very busy place when it up and running, I bet someday that will no longer be there, Thanks again

[@jerrylowden1977]

Always great videos. Ty for another one. God bless you and your family

[@kevintennant7701]

As always Brent, excellent explore, good mood music and fantastic camera work. Those pipes going to the rollers are a hydraulic system for vibration dampening and roller lubrication.. Can't wait for the next explore!

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks Kevin!

[@Cummins2519]

paper maker here. most of those pipes are steam pipes, to heat the giant rollers you see. Paper would ride up and over those rollers getting heated and pressed between them to get the end result of paper. Paper starts as about 97% water/chemicals and 3% wood pulp, but as it passes over those rollers and gets heated and compressed, it dries and gets compacted together to form paper. The paper machines in this video are old, but we still use the same concept in modern day paper machines. They are much larger though, 3 stories tall and 1/4 mile long, and able to run at a speed of 4,000+ Feet per minute.

[@Cummins2519]

most modern day paper machines make rolls of paper that are 20-35 feet wide, 5-10 feet in diameter and weigh anywhere from 30,000 - 80,000 lbs. just for reference on how much things have changed since the equipment in this video was last operational.

[@terrilawson2559]

Glad to see you do one in the USA!

[@richardhutchings921]

The helmets are Bump Caps. Not for heavy objects, just so if you bump your head, you don't split it open. Those rail cars are Auto Racks.

[@fredmahoney3427]

Thanks again For sharing this video Brent, 👍👍👍👍👍 Five likes Take Care and Stay Safe 🙏

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks Fred!

[@MilePost106]

Right at 11:00 that is a paper dryer where the paper rolls thru the rollers and dried it like one big dryer. At the end would be where they rolled it on a big roller and there would sharp disc a couple of them that would roll with the paper to make a perfect roll to be loaded on railcar.

[@RangerRickTV]

Wow! I never knew about this one. Spectacular!

[@JohnShinn1960]

Love it when you're havin fun with the explores Brent, another good one! Did you come down twice or filmed this along with the radio station? 👍👍👍👍 PS: automobile carrier not cattle carrier.

[@normanjones8089]

I believe that the pumping system beneath the water tank area was and still is called a nodding donkey 😀.

[@ketoneedoh1844]

This was an awesome video, love old factories

[@christhefampederson2324]

Awesome video breat ! Keep up great work my friend.

[@megmills1697]

GREAT GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU‼️💯🍁

[@JnnnL]

There called time cards and time clocks, you had to punch in the am then out for lunch, then back in after lunch then out at the end of your shift to go home.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Nice machines and a great explore.

[@pseudopetrus]

A lot of old paper mills had toxic waste, I wonder if that is the reason it has stayed abandoned for years. A metal scrapper could cash out and re-sell the property all cleaned up... except for the toxic waste. Removing toxic waste is really expensive. I am just guessing about the place, I really can't know, but I enjoyed the tour!

[@GCF-Media]

If so, it'd be possible Striker Paper Corporation could be a superfund site, but why wouldn't the EPA have it closed off and cleaned up already is the question?

[@pseudopetrus]

@@GCF-Media Good question!

[@brandonmacintosh9698]

I don't see it listed as a superfund site. It's probably still sitting there because they don't want it investigated lol

[@LostBuildings]

Awesome video keep going the goodwork!

[@mamaluca1958]

Awesome history!

[@cindyreighard]

Great job...welcome to the 🇺🇸. There are places like this all over. See anymore mice before you left?? That seriously made me laugh.

[@pseudopetrus]

Thank you to Mike for the nice tour!

[@whitewitch1105]

The red tape goes into a machine that you punch letters into that tape. You peel the back and apply it where you need it. It was used to label stuff.

[@leviheidle524]

Those Hollander beaters are super cool, don’t see those very often in the USA

[@ChantalsCritters]

What a neat exploration.

[@mikem4371]

Looks like a cool spot to camp out at for a night 🌙

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

Brent... that rail car is what is known as an Autorack, a three deck automobile transporting rail car.

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Very cool glad to see you are still in the us that place was pretty awesome 😎😎 I think those train cares were for automobiles

[@clasic36]

I doubt that it was powered by water. More likely steam.

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Water/steam yes 👍🏻

[@JohnShinn1960]

And likely a steam boiler at 30:54.

[@normanjones8089]

Not totally sure but I think those pipes that were tied into those cylinders at the end were used for pumping in steam to dry the paper, and the large wheels with sprockets on them actually were used to drive the large steam rollers, or drums. The large motors actually are the means to drive the whole drying process. It was kinda funny how the time clocks were literally punched out even without power, lol..

[@3mate1]

That place probably produced newspaper stock. Which is also probably why it's closed down and out of business. Also, those are steam lines not hydraulic lines. Believe it or not, the dry end of the production line uses steam to heat the drying rollers, which is drying the paper as it passes between all those heated rollers and the water and condensed steam drains off into the trough underneath... which is what you're looking at.

[@MilePost106]

Looking at all this stuff inside this mill reminds me of the paper mill I worked at years ago. Ours closed down about the same time this one did. It was called: Hennepin Paper Mill

[@grahamstuart3207]

great video Brent

[@user-iamRobinV68]

Yay!!!! Brent!! Saturday night!! Perfect!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks Robin! 😊

[@megmills1697]

I was on a video and I saw your Podcast so I've hopped over here because I wanna watch it

[@megmills1697]

Also those train carts that you saw I've seen those exact ones hauling cars

[@groofoot]

Yay, a new Brent! I was just wondering if you were okay! 8-) I'm just sitting down to supper and now I have this video to enjoy! 'Heyy, welcome back, explorers! You ready? I'm ready --- Let's Go!' 8-D ... ** if you are ever near Rockford, Illinois, give me a holla; lots of abandoned (if a tad dangerous) places around here!

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Awesome thanks Gregory!

[@lindaberg9960]

Gregory & Brent, If Brent ever gets to Rockford, Illinois; you guys NEED TO CONTACT ME, so I can come MEET BRENT IN PERSON!!!!! We're in east central Illinois, but I would drive to Rockford!!!!!❤

[@JohnShinn1960]

Happy almost belated Thanksgiving Brent! 🦃 I only learned yesterday yous celebrate "early" up there! 🇺🇸

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thank you!

[@jsemancik1]

awesome explore Brent,, i can't imagine how loud that machinery must've been when it was fully functional back in the day, we have a similar looking old factory near where i live that one time mad Ball Bearings through the 1930's through WW 2 then into the 50's,,,i'm guessing back in the day probably a freight train would stop where the tracks are and pick up the paper products,, ,neat place, you should explore more down here in the states

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thanks Jeff, I’ll be returning shorty 😁

[@Estimated]

Perts plus is awesome.

[@jdpinbaytown]

Great Video!, Those Paper Mills stink when there in operation!, At least the one that was here on the east side of Houston did!, It closed in 2004

[@theamerican7080]

Live steam kraft paper extrusion. They made kraft paper for paper grocery bags and the components for cardboard boxes. Many different chemicals were also used to turn wood pulp into paper.

[@Intence1Music]

🔥🔥🔥

[@paulym5814]

At 31:10 that is a boiler that would make the steam.

[@Pembroke.]

Brent this is a cool place, Imagine if you spent the night, you can use the washrooms 😁

[@misfitsman805]

lmao @ the mouse part 🤣🤣🤣

[@lenoraeaton]

This place looks huge!! Thanks for the video!🍿👍☺

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Your welcome!

[@shettikkawoods]

Historically interesting 🤔❤️👍🏽

[@MrL4t3]

1:26 fantastic drone shots ... and looks massive.

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Thank you!

[@billbowers268]

Hello Brent my friend .

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Hello Bill

[@dorlavegas]

Down south when they get stuck waiting for a train to pass. The people shut off their vehicles an get out. Sitting on the hoods of cars, walk around have a cigarette, beer either sandwich. The train passes, they all jump back in their cars an take off. Gust a regular day down southern US.

[@gabrielblanc9565]

Hello. I always watch your videos, I love them. I would like them to have the Spanish language option, I am Gabriel from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@donnalothes7085]

Why was everything left behind? Does anyone know?

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Probably cost to much to remove or the equipment was to old to bother with

[@megmills1697]

I have seen Black and Decker coffee makers recently

[@JacobBax]

21:39 These are relays (A relay is an electrically operated switch.) not fuses.

[@BigMoney23223]

Those aren’t cattle cars, they are for vehicles built and transported to other states before they put them on semi trucks for local delivery. Cattle only get transported by semi trucks along with chickens and pigs, they can’t be left out in the elects for very long due to stress. Especially chickens, they don’t like to stress them longer than necessary or they will die

[@jerroldmcley4347]

I think they made big rolls of paper and sold them to other companys that made different products

[@glennwall552]

What my take of computers and paper is since 2010 paper production has dived and news papers have all but disappeared which saves thousands of trees. That place is a scrapers wet dream..

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

OH Gawd, you three are so young... that "tape" was for a DYMO label maker.

[@cleasonleasure4832]

Not a fuse, they are relays, we call them ice cube relays.45 years union electrician.

[@LauraGeralynKline]

💙🔥💙

[@billbowers268]

Hello Brent !

[@AbandonedUrbexCanada]

Hello Bill!

[@laurabrochard1146]

Brent interesting place. Good music..i would have liked to have a former employee talk us through it or see photo's of it working back in the day. I totally had no idea what I was viewing. You really need respiratory equipment in these old places..you are breathing in bad stuff. Rats and mice carry disease. You need gloves always. The virus's you can get can kill you. Be careful in those places. Stay safe.

[@cleasonleasure4832]

That’s called a time clock, and those are bump caps not hard hats. 30 seconds into vid.

[@shirleybylsma4482]

They made huge rolls of paper.

[@dereksimpson1284]

Pretty sure it was water cooling the rollers. All the gears connected to each roller would have a drive motor on either end