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Property, Plant, and Equipment | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant, and Equipment | Property, Plant, and Equipment Property, plant, and equipment consist of the following (dollars in thousands):
| September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Land and land improvements | $ | 138,486 |  |  | $ | 140,592 |
Buildings | 645,173 |  |  | 628,948 |
Machinery and equipment | 4,374,819 |  |  | 4,246,294 |
Construction in progress | 253,150 |  |  | 168,808 |
Other | 53,177 |  |  | 48,058 |
Property, plant, and equipment, at cost | 5,464,805 |  |  | 5,232,700 |
Less accumulated depreciation | (2,646,672 | ) |  | (2,426,996 | )
Property, plant, and equipment, net | $ | 2,818,133 |  |  | $ | 2,805,704 |
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, was $95.1 million and $42.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, depreciation expense was $264.1 million and $125.2 million, respectively. The increase in depreciation expense relates primarily to the acquisition of Boise in fourth quarter 2013, as well as accelerated depreciation related to shortening the useful lives of our newsprint-related assets at the DeRidder, Louisiana, mill. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, we recognized $18.2 million and $35.4 million, respectively, of incremental depreciation expense related to shortening the useful lives of our newsprint-related assets at the DeRidder, Louisiana, mill. At September 30, 2014, purchases of property, plant, and equipment included in accounts payable was $49.6 million.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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