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Lime-mud Washer in the Primary Pump Room of the Edmundston Fraser Mill
Lime-mud Washer in the Primary Pump Room of the Edmundston Fraser Mill

Date: Oct. 30th, 1972
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. William Brebner

Description: A lime-mud washer was used to remove water for drying lime-mud. Lime was used to control the levels of acidity or alkalinity in the retention basin located in Iroquois. This picture was taken at the Edmundston Fraser mill on October 30th, 1972

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Pulp mills, Edmundston