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View of 10-ton half-tracks hauling asbestos ore up the grade from the Bell Asbestos Company's open pit mine at Thetford Mines
Date:June 1944Reference:RG53Item no. (creator):WRM 4700Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3197545Date(s):June 1944Bilingual equivalent:Place:Thetford Mines, Quebec,Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 photograph
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrateLanguage of material:EnglishAdditional name(s):Additional information:Signatures and inscriptions note:"ASBESTOS - QUEBEC. Recorded by history as magical but impractical, asbestos today is used universally. But its paradoxical composition as an infinitely fibred material and its resistance to fire, wear and weather, maintain its magical reputation. Quebec mines, supplying 70% of the world's supply, have a productive life-expectancy of at least 150 years. This picture shows powerful, 10-ton..."Series added entry:WRMSource:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG53Other accession no.:1971-271 NPC -
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nilTerms of use:Credit: Harry Rowed / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada /
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