Carswell, Mark: Video interview

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Carswell, Mark: Video interview

Entry/Object ID

2021.08.02

Scope and Content

VIDEO INTERVIEW Interviewer: Terri Clarke Interview Date: June 22, 2013 Mark took shop classes in school where he learned technical skills. At the Collie Mill, he worked in the dye house for two years, he talked about the mini ecosystem it created. The dyed cotton fibers would adhere to the skin of the workers. He began doing maintenance in the mill and told a story about fixing the electrical system where part of the building was also heated with a boiler. He placed safeguards on electrical systems and became a safety officer. He talked about safety hazards, fires, and accidents. He talked about machine history and how different machines from different eras would work together for one cloth, he described cutters working with shears on long rolls of cloth. He talked about shift work and the union and how he quit the mill and how it stayed open for four more years after he left. He talked about an incident where electrical work in the mill knocked out power to Almonte for two days and how hydro engineers solved the problem. Video recording available. Interviewer: Terri Clarke Conducted June 22, 2013

Collection

Mill Workers Memory Project

Cataloged By

Natalia Pochtaruk

Lexicon

Search Terms

Collie mill, dye house, maintenance, safeguards, safety officer, machine history, cutters, safety hazards, fire, accidents, shift work, union, quit, terri clark, 1980s, toronto, school, ottawa, chemicals, machines, repair, noise, cotton, hazards, appleton, almonte, emergencies

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Carswell, Mark: Video interview

Archive Details

Creator

MVTM

Location

Location

Building

Library

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Carswell, Mark

Person or Organization

clark, terri

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Cameron Hill Status Date: 2023-03-02

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 5, 2021

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

November 12, 2023