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I Record Piece of Plywood Meosures 2OO Feet long

A single panel of plywood as "tall" as a 20-story building has just been produced at one of Georgia-Pacific's Olympia, Wash. mills to solve a boating problem.

The 4x200-foot. .[-inch panel was made for two Olympia rt'-sidents who needed a Ilcxible floating r,r alkwal' from shore to their deep-water private float. It {lexes with the risc and fall of Puset Sound t i des.

Georgia-Pacific admits it wa,s its r:ustomers' idea to save installation cost of assembling and framing standard .1,x8-foot panels. Result was the unusual marinc grade plywood giant. lt even has a onepiecc synthctic rubber surfar:e for a builtin non-slip walking surlace. It was produr:ed in only four hours.

Transportation was no problem. The orvners took possession at the mill. where it lvas merely "launched" into Puget Sound at thc mill site and towcd by rvhaleboat