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Title

Workmen drill holes with compressed-air drill for blasting asbestos ore in the Bell Company's open-pit mine at Thetford-Mines, Quebec.

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Item (linked) part of

National Film Board of Canada. Still Photography Division [graphic material] (R1196-14-7-E)

Bilingual equivalent

[Trous effectués au moyen d'une perceuse à air comprimé pour le dynamitage de minerai d'amiante dans la mine à ciel ouvert de la société Bell Company à Thetford-Mines (Québec).]

Date(s)

[1944]

Place

Thetford Mines, Quebec

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 photograph
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)

90: Open
Nil

Graphic (photo)
Copy negative PA-115072

90: Open

Item no. (creator)

WRM 4693

Other accession no.

1971-271 NPC

Terms of use

Credit: Harry Rowed / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-115072
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Photographer: Rowed, Harry.

Additional information

Described by the RECON project.

Series title

WRM

Signatures and inscriptions

"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. Using a compressed air drill, these..."

Subject heading

1. INDUSTRIES - MINERAL - ASBESTOS.
2. QUEBEC - THETFORD - MINES.

Source

Government

Other system control no.

DAPDCAP285591

MIKAN no.

3193673