Peg Lariviere

demise of no 8 paper machine April 1983 - December 2014 RIP

Open Edition print: 12"x18" print on 13"x19" Hahnemühle Photo Silk Baryta digital photo paper 310gsm Shipped in a mailing tube Once the largest pulp and paper company in the world, Abitibi, (more recently known as Resolute Forest Products) is just one of the casualties in the changing Northern Ontario economy. The mill at Iroquois Falls was Abitibi's flagship mill - the dream of one Frank Anson. The no 8 paper machine, which was 3 stories in height, is just one of the buildings of the 102 year old paper mill that's being dismantled.