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It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)

It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)

Date6/15/1972
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  • It's a clear water wagon; This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant; built by Union Carbide; was too big to get into the Pollution Control Show at CNE Automotive building; so it was parked outside. Engineer A. I. Nippak tells Sharon Poole how it works. The unit tests waste and can be hooked up to assist ordinary water treatment.
  • It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's a clear water wagon; This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant; built by Union Carbide; was too big to get into the Pollution Control Show at CNE Automotive building; so it was parked outside. Engineer A. I. Nippak tells Sharon Poole how it works. The unit tests waste and can be hooked up to assist ordinary water treatment.
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      Unknown
      1972
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      Unknown
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