Nestled in the forest on the shore of Meech Lake, the Carbide Wilson Ruins have a unique history.
The ruins are the last remaining traces of a fertilizer plant constructed by little-known inventor, Thomas Leopold Willson.
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The complex originally included three buildings: an acid condensation tower, a dam and a generating station. Unfortunately, the ruins were never preserved. The tower was destroyed by fire and, today, only its foundation remains.
In 1907, Thomas Leopold Willson purchased 460 acres of land at Meech Lake for his summer home. He used the site to advance his research on nitrogen. Four years later, he built the dam, generating station and an acid condensation tower near his home, on the shore of Meech Lake.
The entire complex formed a superphosphate fertilizer plant. Unfortunately, in 1915, while in New York City trying to raise new venture capital, Willson collapsed in the middle of the street, struck down by a heart attack.
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what is up guys
welcome back to another abandoned and
waterfall adventure guys this is a very
special two in one
two of my favorite things an abandoned
building and a waterfall
guys today i'm in gatineau quebec at
something called the wilson carbide
mill ruin so guys took me a long time to
get here i'm gonna get a drink a
gatorade a quick bite to eat
then we're gonna get to it cue the music
cue the intro see you guys on the other
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okay guys so i pretty much have no idea
what's going on here all i know is that
this has been a really popular place
that i've wanted to see for many years
and uh never got here so now i'm here
and i will get you guys some history
drop it in over voiceover
and in the video description down below
but now guys let's turn the camera
around and go check this place out
this would be a great place to come at
night to bring a bunch of my lights and
do some night photography here
but i got to go home today so i'm not
going to be able to do that
this right here is actually a waterfall
but it's frozen
but as i get closer you'll be able to
see the water rushing underneath it
but the outside is all crusted over and
frozen
there's a little stone bridge or
concrete brick that goes across
into the mill
so if all of this ice wasn't here there
would be rushing water which i can see
through holes in the ice and you can
hear it
but unfortunately because of all the
snow you can't see the waterfall
which is a huge bummer
okay guys so like i said earlier this is
an abandoned mill wilson carbide ruins
and
mill with the waterfall there so now
guys i'm just going to walk around and
show you guys some
cinematic footage and i'll do a voice
over with the narration and tell you
guys a little bit of history
of what this place is all about so uh
stay tuned
and uh let's check this place out
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nestled in the forest on the shore of
lake meach
the carbide wilson ruins have a unique
history
the ruins are the last remaining traces
of a fertilizer plant
constructed by little-known inventor
thomas
leopold wilson
the complex originally included three
buildings an
acid condensation tower a dam and a
generating station
unfortunately the ruins were never
preserved and the tower was destroyed by
a fire
today only the foundation remains
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in 1907 thomas leopold wilson
purchased 460 acres of land at meats
lake
for his summer home he used the site to
advance his research on nitrogen
four years later he built the dam the
generating station
and the acid condensation tower near his
home on the shores of meats lake
the entire complex formed a super
phosphate fertilizer plant
unfortunately in 1915 while in new york
city
trying to raise new venture capital
thomas wilson collapsed in the middle of
the street
struck down by a heart attack
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so
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okay guys well as much as i'd love to
sit here and film this place all day
i still got some pictures to take and
then i got a long drive home guys this
has been my
birthday bando extravaganza annual road
trip
this year i took off to quebec it's been
two days solo just exploring
waterfalls abandoned places just getting
away and having a good time for my
birthday
and this is a great very peaceful place
and way to end off this road trip so
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so that's it guys this has been the
wilson carbide ruins got no quebec
i got some pictures to take i gotta go
home thank you so much for watching guys
i'll see you on the next adventure
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peace
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