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Installation of the Belt of Wire on No. 8 Paper Machine
Installation of the Belt of Wire on No. 8 Paper Machine

Date: Mar. 15th, 1971
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: Workers are installing the wire for the no. 8 paper machine at Fraser Paper Limited, in Madawaska, Maine. It is an endless belt, woven of wire suitable for use on the paper machine, on which belt the fibers are felted into pulp, board and paper.

Subject: Maine, Logging, Paper Industry Workers, Madawaska