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Wilson Carbide Mill at Meech Lake, PARC DE LA GATINEAU HDR 01

James, Anne-Marie and I went to the Parc to take some pictures and tis is what I came up with.

 

Thomas "Carbide" Willson was a Canadian inventor. In 1892, he discovered an economically viable process for creating calcium carbide, which is used in the production of acetylene gas. He began experimenting with the condensation of phosphoric acid in the manufacture of fertilizers at this mill on Meech Creek within the park. This is what is left of the mill.

Location: Meech Lake, PARC DE LA GATINEAU

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Uploaded on October 27, 2009
Taken on October 25, 2009