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#Gypsum was discovered on #CapeBreton’s #IsleMadame in the 1800s. The most significant deposit is on the north side of the island, in the Lennox area.
Here's the history of the Lennox gypsum quarry!
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
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The Lennox #gypsum quarry opened around 1865. Prior to 1873, about 1500 tons were exported yearly but there was little production during the rest of the 1870s.
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A major hurricane in August 1873 destroyed the nearby wharf and building and the structures were not replaced in the 1870s. In fact, the August Gale, as it was called, destroyed 900 buildings and 1,200 boats in #NovaScotia, and killed as many as 600 people, according to reports. Image
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