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Lime-mud Washer in the Primary Pump Building of the Edmundston Fraser Mill
Lime-mud Washer in the Primary Pump Building 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 from the pulp during the drying prcess at the Edmundston Fraser mill, as shown on October 30th, 1972. Lime was used to reduce the level of acidity or alkalinity in the Iroquois retention basin.

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