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Electric Generating Station Dam for the Edmundston Fraser Mill
Electric Generating Station Dam for the Edmundston Fraser Mill

Date: 1945
Creator: Geraldine Carpenter Studio Inc.
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. William Brebner

Description: We see the hydro power generating dam of the Edmundston Fraser mill, in 1945. This dam, built in 1917 by the Fraser companies, was used to control the level of the Madawaska River and to provide electricity to the Fraser mill and the town of Edmundston.

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