ERCO Phosphorus Plant, Long Harbour, ca. 1974.

Erco was attracted to Newfoundland because of the government's "cheap power" policy, enabling them to receive power at half the cost.

Reproduced by permission of Martha (Lake) Sanger © 1974. From Martha Lake, "The Long Harbour Phosphorus Plant: Pollution of the Physical Environment" (Unpublished paper, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1974).