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      The first pulp and paper mill in Sturgeon Falls (1901-1902) was one of the earliest in Canada. It was built at the site of the present power house on the island in the Sturgeon River. Their two-machine newsprint mill had a capacity of about 23,000 tons of newsprint a year,(75 …

      #2 generator in the powerhouse.

      Barrage hydro-électrique sur la Rivière Sturgeon, Sturgeon Falls. / Hydro Dam on the Sturgeon River, Sturgeon Falls. In the early days of paper making, the Sturgeon River water provided energy to mechanically operate grinders and other equipment.

      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.

      The 2004 demolition process of the Weyerhaeuser mill started on the paint line building which once housed equipment to finish a successful siding line which was closed down in 1991. Transformers, transistors and other equipment was housed in the building which looks like a huge chimney jutting in the sky …

      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.

      The contractors removed asbestos, lead, mould, and fungus in addition to the environmental cleaning of the site. Much of the piping, pumps and other equipment was sold to other companies.

      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.

      Shortly after the Canadian Pacific Railway pushed its way to Sturgeon Falls in 1882, investors began considering the building of a mill on the Sturgeon River where hydro could generated.

      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.

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

      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.

      At 2:45 p.m. November 30th, 2002, the last roll of corrugating med came off the paper machine.

      According to Abitibi records, in May 1950, two 60,000 lb./hr. 300 PSI (pounds per square inch) pieces of equipment were installed. In the same period, a new 50-ton per hour coal handling system was put into operation.