Résultats

    The spill dams on the Sturgeon River were built in 1923-24 with a continuous pour of 5,399 cubic yards of concrete in 10 hour shifts. The municipality of West Nipissing bought the hydro dams when Weyerhaeuser closed down its mill in the early 2000s.

    The Weyerhaeuser mill, located on Cache Bay Road in Sturgeon Falls, had its own water tower to generate water pressure for fire protection purposes. This water tower, along with the entire mill, were removed in 2004

    The plot plan points out emergency entrances to keep contractors and visitors safe while visiting the site. This illustration is very interesting as it captures the location of many buildings that were owned and operated by companies since the early 1900s which includes: Abitibi, McMillan Bloedel and Weyerhaueser.

    Photo prise en 2004 durant la démoliton du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls. / Photograph taken in 2004 during the demolition of the Weyerhaeuser Mill in Sturgeon Falls.

    Photo du bureau principal du moulin Weyerhaeuser vers l'est. / Photograph of the Weyerhaeuser main office and part of the mill facing east.

    Heavy construction equipment is knocking the Weyerhaeuser buildings. Weyerhaeuser was the last mill in a string of different owners since the turn of the last century on a site known as Abitibi along the Sturgeon River.

    Filling in the mill site with new earth. When the Weyerhaeuser mill was dismantled and taken away, trucks were kept busy restoring the earth to Ministry of the Environment standards...

    Mill hauled away one load at the time from June to December of 2004.

    La cheminée du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls était la dernière structure de l'usine qui à été démoli. / The Sturgeon Falls Weyerhaeuser chimney was the last of the mill to go. Winter was moving into Northern Ontario when contractors started to demolish the chimney at the Weyerhaeuser. When this ...

    Environmental abatement was carried out in 2004 at the Weyerhaeuser site. The mill site was cleaned up from June to December of 2004.

    Paper was weighed and stamped with this equipment (notice weigh scale) in the front of the photo.

    Photograph of the Weyerhaeuser Mill warehouse in Sturgeon Falls before it was demolished in 2004. / Photo de l'entrepôt du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls avant sa démolition en 2004...

    Photograph of the Weyerhaeuser Mill taken in Sturgeon Falls in 2004 before its demolition. / Photo du moulin Weyerhaeuser prise à Sturgeon Falls en 2004 avant sa démolition...

    Photograph of the Weyerhaeuser mill paper machine in Sturgeon Falls before it was demolished in 2004. / Photo de la machine à papier du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls avant sa démolition en 2004.

    Electrical panel

    Employees service the paper machines around the clock seven days a week.

    While the photograph appears to show a complex process, most other paper mills use computers, sensors and high end equipment.

    Une des dernières photos prise du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls. / One of last photos taken of the Weyerhaeuser mill before it was demolished in 2004. This photo was taken before a six-month contract that took this mill down and proceeded with an environmental abatment. In 2011, there is ...

    The vertical pipes are part of the former Abitibi hardboard press which closed down some years ago.

    #2 generator in the powerhouse.