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HALIFAX Residents of a small town 250 kilometres east of Halifax are fighting to prevent the removal of a hunk of black metal that has been sitting offshore for the past 100 years. It s just a big, rusty boiler, Rachel Langley, resident of Drum Head, N.S., said in an interview Monday. Maybe it is an eyesore, but it means something. The boiler is an important feature of life in the community of 37 people, Langley said, adding that for years, the metal has been a point of interest for divers and fishers. The boiler is the last remaining piece of the Scotia, a steam-powered vessel that was destroyed by fire in 1921, damaging cargo worth $75,000 at the time.
It s not pretty, but it s important : Residents rally to save piece of sunken vessel
While many coastal communities in Nova Scotia have fought hard to get rid of their derelict vessels, the residents of Drum Head have fallen in love with theirs and don t want to see it go.
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Boiler from a schooner that went down off Drum Head, N.S., has sat just offshore for a century
Posted: May 07, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 7
The boiler is the only remnant of a vessel that sank off the shores of Drum Head, N.S., in the 1920s. (Save The Drumhead Boiler/Facebook)
Nova Scotia: Boat Harbour cleanup project on the way May 3, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Nova Scotia Lands Inc. is currently working on the Boat Harbour Remediation Project that will remove all sludge material from the harbour effluent treatment facility aeration stabilization basins.
The Boat Harbour effluent treatment facility, located in north central Nova Scotia on the Northumberland Strait, was constructed in 1967 and reconfigured several times since its construction.
The Government of Nova Scotia owns the Boat Harbour facility and operated the facility until December 1995. In January 1996, the facility was leased to the owners of the pulp mill at Abercrombie Point, who have operated it since.
Polluted Sludge May be Turned to Roads
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A Nova Scotia company says it could turn polluted sludge from Boat Harbour into a non-toxic construction material, offering an alternative to the current plan to permanently store the dredged sediment in a massive tank on site.
According to CEO Stephen Mader, the alternative solution is affordable and “probably the best environmental solution.” The process is also the most affordable way to deal with toxic waste, according to the company. Once we ve processed the toxic and hazardous material, there s nothing left but a glassy rock substance that s inert and safe to be used for road construction, he said.