Red bags of oil waste clean up rags were taken to Dayville Road and incinerated. Sometimes work stopped to give the eagle's nest a breath of fresh air... depending on how the wind blew!
Says another worker, "Some of these were buried... a second dump beyond the city dump... rope, lots of things were buried there."
"I don't remember respirators being worn" Ask the workers who had that job.
Photo of Workers Spraying La Touch Island Beach *
"We slept on barges in big 500 person ATCO units. . . had a mess hall everything. They fed us prime rib, steaks; that part was great. We earned pay of over $16 per hour plus overtime; the money was good, too."