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Pipes for the Treatment of Liquid Waste Leading to the Iroquois Retention Basin
Pipes for the Treatment of Liquid Waste Leading to the Iroquois Retention Basin

Date: August 14th, 1972
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. William Brebner

Description: We see the laying of fiberglass pipes under the Iroquois River, on August 14th, 1972. The fiberglass pipes were used because of their capacity to support the weight of the water. This system was part of the new anti-pollution process of the Edmundston Fraser pulp mill.

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