MILTON PULP MILL

The Milton Pulp Mill, which was "located five miles above Liverpool at Deep Brook, began operations with four four-pocket Voelter hydraulic grinders and four 72 in. wet machines with Gotham screens driven by four 33 in. Smith & McCormick wheels, one 21 in. and one 15 in. Smith Success wheels under 36 feet head, with a production of 35 or 40 tons wet per day." This was at increased to about 60 tons per day wet by the addition of three three-pocket Scott grinders. The output of this mill was sent by steam train to the shipping point at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The pulp found a market in England, and was shipped by steamer from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

This mill was managed by John Stuart Hughes from 1893 to c1907.

Sources:

Bow City Philatelics Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Canadian Archives

Edwards, Anthony Personal Communications

Hughes, Ian Alexander "Hughes, A Family of Papermakers" (privately published, Melbourne, Vic., 1979)

Moir, Carmen Personal Communications

Nova Scotia Archives

Walker, Harley "The Milton Pulp Company"

Newspapers:

Nova Scotia "The Halifax Herald"