Trends 

 14 



10 - 



I 



3599 



HARDBOARD PLANTS , U.S. 



NORTH 

 SOUTH 

 WEST 



■ 



V/, 





^ 



ill 



ill. 



ill 



1955 



1976 



1978 



8,000 



10,000 

 9,000 

 8,000 

 7,000 

 6,000 



5,000 

 4,000 



3,000 

 2.000 



1970 1975 1978 



1,000 



1955 I960 1965 1970 1975 1978 



Figure 29-1 2A.— Data on hardboard plants in the United States, 1955-1978; see also 

 table 23-2. (Top) Number of hardboard plants, by region. (Bottom left) Cumulative 

 annual hardboard capacity, by region. (Bottom right) Annual capacity and produc- 

 tion. See drawing 29-5B for states; West includes Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast 

 regions. (Drawing after McKeever 1979.) 



