The paper mill that had been the cornerstone of Isle of Wight County’s tax revenue for nearly a century produced its last roll of paper last week.
The closing was visibly obvious when steam stopped coming out of the smokestacks. The final machine shut down at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday.
International Paper’s announcement last fall that it would close not only caught its 1,100 workers off guard, but also Isle of Wight officials, who estimated the county will lose about $6 million in tax revenue beginning in 2012.
The county didn’t see it coming, said Carrsville Supervisor Phillip Bradshaw on many occasions since the October 2009 announcement.
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