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Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-161-19593a · Item · ca. 1950

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing benzol tankers in the foreground, with the new coal wash plant directly behind.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-169-19601 · Item · 1956

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing a coal chute and pulleys. Location unidentified.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-173-19605 · Item · ca. 1959

Item is a photograph of coke ovens, showing at extreme right: the dark screening plant, conveyor to tall, light coloured blending plant, transfer house, centre, and conveyor leading to the top of the coal pocket-tall structure above batteries at far left. The stacks emit exhaust from the batteries.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-182-19614 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing the coal pocket and the conveyor leading to it, and the top of the battery. The gas and tar mains that took those materials to the by-product building are also visible.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-1777-21209 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the top of the battery, Gas and tar mains that took those materials to the by-product building are also shown. The coal pocket and conveyor leading to it are in background.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-588-20020 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing a stockpile of coal at the coal banks. Vulcan Avenue is in background.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-510-19942 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing electrical contracts, location unidentified.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-193-19625 · Item · 1965

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the old coal wash plant in the early stages of its demolition in the 1960s.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-165-19597 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations, showing number 5 exhaust stack left, with the coke screening plant behind it. Coke from the screening plant is being loaded directly into waiting cars. At right, part of the coal pocket with conveyor leading to it is visible over the battery ovens.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCo
CA BI 90-168-19600 · Item · ca. 1960

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing coke being pushed out of the ovens of a battery into a waiting hot car.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-171-19603 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing a view of the whole area, with steam rising from the quenching station, left, the two exhaust stacks with batteries and coal pocket between them, small brick mechanical and electrical stations, and by-products building at right. Lower plant is in the distance at left. Blending and wash plants in background.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-172-19604 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations, showing, from the right, the large by-product building, smaller electrical and mechanical shops, number two powerhouse, and at the extreme left the quenching station with steam rising from it. Between the two battery exhaust stacks is the coal pocket. Smaller stack is from the boiler house. Coal wash and blending plants are background, right. Coal yard is in foreground.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-180-19612 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing the benzol plant office and lab at left, the benzol plant itself, and the benzol tower. Building off-centre is the coal blending plant.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-184-19616 · Item · ca. 1960

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the carry car, centre, on top of the battery. It charged the individuals ovens with coal. Conveyor leading to the coal pocket is in the background. Collector mains that gathered raw gas from the battery are at left.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-508-19940 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the dismantling of the coal wash plant and the conveyor leading to it in the earl 1960s. Only the frame of the building remains.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-199-19631 · Item · 1957

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the electrical building under construction in the department, 1957.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-179-19611b · Item · ca. 1960

Item is a photograph of a chute, most likely used for coke from the coke wharf.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-160-19592 · Item · 1960s

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the interior of the new coal wash plant built in the 1960's.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-155-19587 · Item · ca. 1960

Item is a photograph of coke oven operations, showing coal moving along the covered conveyor system from the loading level to the blending plant.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-474-19906 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of cove oven operations, showing the brown bridge, a gantry crane used until 1969 for the unloading and transporting of coal.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-472-19904 · Item · 1956

Item is a photograph of coke ovens, showing the brown bridge, a gantry crane, being dismantled.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-162-19594 · Item · ca. 1950

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens under construction, showing the coal pocket with covered conveyor leading to it, over the battery at left. In the foreground, the concrete for the second battery is about to be poured.

Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-166-19598 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing the by-products building, centre, where tar, crude oil, and sulphate of ammonia were produced. At right are tar storage tanks. Platform at left was where tar was off-loaded.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-176-19608 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens operations showing coke being pushed out of the battery to a waiting hot car. From there it is taken to a quenching station to be cooled. Edifice at left is the coal pocket. See also 90-168-19600.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-507-19939 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the demolition of the coal wash plant and conveyor system in the early 1960s.

Abbass, John
CA BI 77-48-182 · Item · 1901

Item is a photograph of the construction of a large building for the Dominion Iron and Steel Company - possibly the open hearth building.

Crawley's Creek, Westmount
82-174-6874 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph of the view of the steel plant from Crawley's Creek in Westmount, with boats docked.

CA BI 77-69-203 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of the crew of the Sydney coal washing plant. There are approximately one hundred men ranging in age from about thirteen to fifty; some of the men are sitting and standing on a Sydney and Louisbourg (S&L) railcar. The steel plant can be seen in the background.

DISCO Victory Loan Committee
CA BI 80-180-4360 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of members of the DISCO Victory Loan Committee of 1918, organized during the First World War. Those pictured are listed below but not so as to allow for identification. A large board tracking the work of the committee is visible behind the assembled members. Smokestacks, power lines, a small building, and a large Union Jack flag are also visible.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-234-19666 · Item · 1962

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship, the "Hallfax," being loaded with coal at the coal pier.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-238-19670 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the shoreline with the stoves of the blast furnace visible at right. The harbour is probably being dredged here, to allow larger ships to come in.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-240-19672 · Item · 1961

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship, the "Italo Marsano," moored at the coal piers.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-620-20052 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the area where the conveyor system was to be built.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-605-20037 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the crane that unloaded ore and the conveyor system, left, that transported it to the blast furnace stockyard.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-607-20039 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the pier where ore was unloaded for use in the blast furnace, centre. Above it are the number two or "high" pier and one or "low" pier.

Abbass, John
Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-231-19663 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship moored at the coal pier.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-232-19664 · Item · 1962

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the boom of the crane at the low or number one pier with its cable extended into the hold of a ship. Rails were shipped from the low pier using this equipment.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-235-19667 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing rails being loaded onto a ship by a mechanism on a crane called the "boot and collar." A boot fit on one end of the rail and the collar three-quarters of the way up the other end, so the rail was loaded into the hold of the ship on end. Rails were loaded according to size; 85 and 100 pound rails might be lifted in in groups of 6-7 while the heavier 132 pound rails generally went in lifts of 4,

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-237-19669 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the coal pier, where a ship is being loaded with coal by a boom at left. The high and low steel piers are in the background.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-23-19671 · Item · 1961

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing coal being unloaded into small boats at the coal piers.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-241-19673 · Item · 1968

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a good overview of the docks area with the rest of the plant, including blast furnace and open hearth departments, beyond. At left is part of the coal pier, the low or number one pier, centre, and the high or number two pier, right. The raw materials for making steel were brought in at the high pier, while finished steel products were shipped out from the low pier.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-247-19679 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the number two or higher pier where raw materials for steel making were unloaded at left. Centre is the number one or low pier where finished steel products were shipped from Sydney. The three wharves at right were coal shipping piers.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-222-19654 · Item · 1962

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship, the "Serafin Topic" at the low on number one pier, ready to take on finished steel products. The four towers on the pier were on a track and could be moved for ease of loading various ships.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-227-19659 · Item · 1965

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing an overhaul of the new floating dock,

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-229-19661 · Item · 1967

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing raw material being unloaded by electrical grab at the unloading pier from the ship "Inverness." The electrical grab could do the work of five of the old steam driven models.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-236-19668 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing carloads of rails waiting to be moved onboard the waiting ships at the number one or low pier. Finished steel products were shipped out from the low pier while raw materials for making steel were brought in at the high pier.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-245-19677 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a general view of the area, with the high or number two pier and the low or number one pier behind it. Finished steel products were shipped out from the low pier while raw materials were brought in at the high pier.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-608-20040 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the number one or low pier from where finished steel products were shipped, bottom. Above it in photo are the three coal shipping piers.

Abbass, John
Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-612-20044 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing two of the three coal shipping piers at right, number on pier from where finished steel products were shipped, centre, and the number two pier where raw materials for steel making were brought in. Blast furnace department including its stockyard are in foreground.

Abbass, John
Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-225-19657 · Item · 1958

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO Docks, showing the coal pier and its coal loading apparatus.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-228-19660 · Item · 1963

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship moored at the coal pier.