Item is a photograph showing the limestone quarries and plant of the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation (DISCO) in Marble Mountain, Cape Breton.
Fonds consists of speeches on coal mining, mine safety, and the Fortress of Louisbourg.
Hay, Alexander LauderItem is a photograph of a group of unidentified men sitting at a banquet table.
Item is a photograph of children riding in the back of a truck holding picket signs during a DOSCO steelworkers strike.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Item is a photograph of a group of men sitting at a banquet table.
Item is a photograph of five female bowlers.
Item is a photograph of men at a banquet table with a trophy.
Item is a photographic portrait of men from the General Office Men's League at DOSCO.
Item is a photographic portrait of men from the General Office Mens League at DOSCO.
Item is a photograph of DOSCO havey rolls mills, showing rails stockpiled in the small billet yard. Note: no one is wearing safety equipment.
Nova Scotia Information ServiceItem is a photograph of the DOSCO blast furnace, showing an aerial view of the department. Electrical building is at centre of photo; rectangular building, off-centre-is boiler house. Two furnaces, number seven and eight are visible in back.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing benzol tankers in the foreground, with the new coal wash plant directly behind.
Item is a photograph of SYSCO heavy rolls mills, showing Beau MacQueen making an adjustment to the flying shears in the billet mill.
Nova Scotia Information ServiceItem 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.
Item is a photograph of a DOSCO blast furnace, showing the stockyard crane about the raw materials intended for use in the blast furnaces. Part of the coal wash plant is visible at right. Number 7. 8, 8, and 3 are in the background.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth's (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Philip's visit to the DOSCO plant.
Item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth's (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Philip's visit to the DOSCO plant.
Item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth's (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Philip's visit to the DOSCO plant.
Item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth's (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Philip's visit to the DOSCO plant.
Item is a photograph of Princess Elizabeth's (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Philip's visit to the DOSCO plant.
Item is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing rails on a flat car after having undergone the Mackie slow cooling process.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing rails being loaded into the Mackie cooling tanks.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO blast furnace operations, showing the crane that transported raw materials in the area.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing a coal chute and pulleys. Location unidentified.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of coke ovens, showing the brown bridge, a gantry crane, being dismantled.
Item is a photograph of DOSCO blast furnace operations, showing the gantry crane called the brown bridge that stacked raw materials in the area.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing a close-up of the interior of a conveyor ramp under construction. Wooden framework is in place; it lead to the blending plant.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the frameworks of the conveyor, left, leading to the blender, tall structure, right.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing the interior of the main motor room with its electric generator installed.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing construction of the extension to the blooming mill in 1957. The sinter blocks being laid were partially composed of slag foam, an idea conceived by DOSCO engineer Norman Weiner as a way of using the slag from the blast furnace. These blocks were first used in the blooming mill and later in about thirty bungalow style houses around Sydney.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing the soaking pits of the blooming mill. Ingots were "soaked" with heat in these pits until they reached a uniform temperature inside and out.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing the recording board in the blooming mill. From left, Neil MacGillivray, Ralph Ward, unidentified, Angus Walker, and recorder Joe Petruskawich. Information recorded could include number of ingots in soaking pit, time spent in pit, number of soaking pit, grade of steel, heat numbers, and what section into which an ingot was rolled.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of the DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing the construction of the extension to the blooming mill in 1957 - an exterior shot.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the electrical building under construction in the department, 1957.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the area where the conveyor system was to be built.
Item is a photograph of DOSCO blast furnace operations, showing number three furnace, left, number one furnace, right, with the bins and stock cars, foreground.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing a rotor or stator newly installed in the motor room. See also 90-340-19772.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing a rotor or stator newly installed in the motor room. Figure in hat tentatively identified as R.R. Moffatt.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing the screening plant at left and the blending plant, right. Cape Breton coal was mixed with the highly volatile American coal in the blending plant.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing a single pump and its two pressure gauges. The motors on these pumps were 2300 volts.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing the interior of the pumphouse and five of the six pumps. Large pipe running the length of the building brought salt water to the open hearth for cooling purposes. Beneath it was another pipe that brought water to the blast furnace. Under normal operations, two pumps ran each pipeline, with a third available for emergencies.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of the DOSCO blast furnace operations, showing from the left: number three furnace and skip track, number one furnace, and bins, centre. Above the raw materials at right is the brown bridge which moved stock from these piles for eventual use in the furnace.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing the electric flywheel on the motor that powered the big rolls.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO coke ovens, showing a stockpile of coal at the coal banks. Vulcan Avenue is in background.
Abbass, JohnItem 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, JohnItem 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, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing one of the six pumps located in the pump house that supplied water to the blast furnace and open hearth as well as to the turbo blowers and power house. Motor is at right, pump at left, with a coupling between.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing one of the six pumps located in the pump house, plus the 36 inch pipeline, left, which brought water to the open hearth.
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, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing one of the six pumps located in the pump house. The motor is on the right and the pump on the left, joined by a coupling, centre.
Abbass, JohnItem is a photograph of DOSCO harbour pumps, showing one of the six pumps located in the pumphouse, which provided water to the blast furnace and open hearth as well as to the turbo blowers and powerhouse. Figure is unidentified.
Abbass, John