GORHAM — The White Mountain Paper Company expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.
Production had to be halted for an estimated 3½ weeks when the mill’s 1920s-era boilers failed to pass a third-party safety inspection, required for all pressure vessels by the N.H. Department of Labor, explained CEO Price Howard in a Friday telephone interview. The mill’s “Business Critical” COVID-19 restrictions canceled an in-person interview.
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