Blind River Mill, Aerial, Circa 1930
Description
- Médias
- Image
- Type d'élément
- Photographs
- Description
- The Blind River Mill was sold by J.J McFadden to Carpenter-Hixon out of Minnesota in 1926. Carpenter-Hixon invested $3.5 million dollars and turned it into the largest white pine mill in the world and the largest mill in Canada east of the Rockies. At its peak it boasted a staff of 625 people and in the winter of 1929/30 there were 2700 men in the winter lumber camps along with 900 horses. They harvested
1,120,000 logs that winter.
- Date de l'original
- Circa 1930
- Sujet(s)
- Identifiant local
- 2088
- Collection
- Sellers Collection
- Couverture géographique
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.18336 Longitude: -82.95817
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- Déclaration de droit d'auteur
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contacter
- Timber Village MuseumCourriel:museum@blindriver.ca
Adresse Internet:
Adresse postale d'agence180 Leacock St. P.O. Box 628
Blind River, ON P0R 1B0
