There are several ways to identify the Abitibi-Price and ABTco siding:
Images of Identifying Marks
Abitibi stamps
Abitibi-Price Dot Matrix backcodes
ABTco Dot Matrix backcodes
Back Codes
Old Code
Letter to represent the month -2 digit for the day -(in 70's, 1 digit for the year) -1 digit for shift -R
(in 80's, 2 digits for the year)
Example #1: A 01 51R -represents January 1, 1975 1st shift at Roaring River
Example #2: B 02 62R -represents February 2, 1976 2nd shift at Roaring River
Example #3: C 03 87 3 R -represents March 3, 1987 3rd shift at Roaring River
Dot Matrix Code
2 digit for month -2 digit for day -2 digit for year -1 digit for shift -R
Example: 05 20 971 R -represents May 20, 19971 st shift at Roaring River
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