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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.

Sydney Steel Module
Reports: · Item · [201-]

Item is "Sydney Steel Module" by Kassandra Jabalee and Hannah Fournier, compiled for History 3105.

Transport Trucks Lined Up
94-592-25107 · Item · c.1960s

Item is a photograph of transport trucks for the Sydney steel plant.

Sydney Steel Corporation
Steel Plant Blast Furnace
CA BI 77-49-183 · Item · ca. 1920

Items are two coloured postcards depicting the Blast Furnace of the Sydney Steel Plant.

Steel Plant, Sydney
CA BI 77-38-167 · Item · ca. 1901

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant shortly after it was built.

Blast Furnace Crew
CA BI 91-602-22563 · Item · ca. 1912

Item is a photograph of the crew stopping for a picture as they are manning one of the blast furnaces in the Sydney steel plant.

Kelly and Dodge
Dominion Iron and Steel
CA BI 77-16-143 · Item · April 19, 1901

Item is a photograph of the mechanical department, machine shop, foundry and carpenter shop at the Dominion Iron and Steel Co.

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.

CA BI 77-620-754 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company steel plant taken from Sydney Harbour a few years after it was built. The site of the plant is now a recreational community space called Open Hearth Park.

CA BI 77-640-774 · Item · ca. 1911

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant officials, taken at the blast furnace.

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.

View from Moxham Castle
CA BI 81-416-5496 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph showing Sydney Harbour and the steel plant as seen from the front lawn of Moxham Castle. The Moxham Castle was owned and built by steel magnate A.J. Moxham.

March of Concern
CA BI 83-18-8318 · Item · 19-Nov-1967

Item is a photograph of students from Xavier College taking part in the March of Concern, protesting the proposed Sydney Steel Plant closure in 1967. The plant was eventually taken over and operated by the Province of Nova Scotia as the Sydney Steel Company (SYSCO) until its closure in 2001.

Raytel Photography
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 90-179-19611b · 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 90-154-19586 · Item · 1960s

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

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-153-19585 · Item · ca. 1964

Items is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the interior of the conveyor system where coal is being moved by belt line to the top of the coal pocket; A close-up shot of the interior of the system. Note that rollers beneath belt are visible on either side.

Abbass, John
Coke Ovens, DOSCO
CA BI 90-152-19584 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the conveyor that transported coal to the top of the coal pocket; an interior, close-up shot of the belt line itself.

Abbass, John
Heavy Rolls Mills, SYSCO
CA BI 90-1048-20480 · Item · ca. 1970

Item is a photograph of SYSCO heavy rolls mills operations, showing a temporary suspension in production as workers try to fix the roll line which is jammed by a bloom. In the very centre of photo are blooming mill shears, and in foreground a stockpile of "four by fours."

Nova Scotia Information Service
Sydney Steel Plant Strike
CA BI 89-510-18705 · Item · ca. 1923

Item is a photograph of the Sydney Steel Plant Strike in 1923.

1923 Steel Strike
CA BI 89-505-18700 · Item · 1923

Item is a photograph of army troops patrolling the steel plant during the Steel Strike of 1923.

1923 Steel Srike
CA BI 89-504-18699 · Item · 1923

Item is a photograph of the members of the Royal 22 Regiment patrolling the plant grounds during the Steel Strike of 1923.

CA BI 89-517-18712 · Item · 1923

Item is a photograph showing workers at the Steel Plant in the summer of 1923.

H.J. Kelley
CA BI 77-823-957 · Item · ca. 1940

Item is a photograph of H.J. Kelley, the general manager of Dominion Iron and Steel Company.

Dominion Iron and Steel Co.
CA BI 77-57-191 · Item · 1900

Item is a photograph of the blast furnace as well as an ore stockpile.

Blast Furnace Boiler Room
CA BI 77-53-187 · Item · 1900

Item is a photograph of the blast furnace and boiler room and the Dominion Iron and Steel Co. in Sydney, Cape Breton.

Coal and Coke
CA BI 77-15-142 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of coal being shipped to coke ovens at the Sydney Steel Plant.

Dominon Iron and Steel
CA BI 77-13-140 · Item · April 10, 1901

Item is a photograph of the blast furance at Dominion Iron and Steel Co.

CA BI 76-83 · Item · ca. 1964

Item is a photograph of Steel Union Executive Officers, Local 1064. The occasion is unknown.

From left to right: Jack Coleman, Charles Crowe, George MacNeil, Art MacGillivray, Martin Merner.

Steel Industry Panel
CA BI 76-82 · Item · 1957 - 1958

Item is a photograph of the following individuals seated at a table: Clifford Murray (Works Manager DOSCO), Martin Merner, Joe Legge (Asst. Safety Superintendent DOSCO) and an unknown man. The occasion was, possibly, a panel discussion on industrial safety.

CA BI 76-81 · Item · 1956

Item is a photograph of the Local 1064 Executive Officers.

Back row: Donald Steele, William Reid, Lawrence MacIsaac.
Front row: Charles Wall, Martin Merner, Dan MacKay, Clarance MacInnes.

CA BI 76-80 · Item · 1954

Item is a photograph of the Steel Union 1064 Executive Officers.

Back row: Martin Merner, E.P. Pledge, Charles Wall, and Bill Mackinnon.
Front row: Clarence MacInnis, Dan MacKay, Ben O'Neil (president), James Nicholson (Director District 5).

CA BI 76-79 · Item · 1950

Item is a photograph of the Steel Union Executive Officers 1064.

Back row: Walter Codiac, Ben O'Neil, E.P. Pledge, Martin Merner.
Front row: James Nicholson (#5 Dist. Director), M.E. Corbett (President), Dan MacKay (Vice President).

CA BI 77-920-1054 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of dignities visiting from Montreal with officials from the Dominion Iron and Steel Company in front of the Steel Plant in Sydney.

Labor (Steel) Union
CA BI 77-883-1017 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of the Labor (Steel) Union #1064.

Sydney Steel Union Executive
CA BI 77-845-979 · Item · ca. 1950

Item is a photograph of the executive of the Sydney Steel Union on the steps of an unidentified building. The eleven men are named in the accompanying material.

Sydney Steel Plant
CA BI 77-66-200 · Item · ca. 1945

Item is a photograph of a view of the Sydney Steel Plant from Westmount Road, with a car in the foreground.

Piers - Coal and Steel Co.
CA BI 77-56-191 · Item · 1900

Item is a photograph of the Steel Co. cars, coal piers, buckle, loaders, Coal Co. cars and four vessels loading at the coal piers. The private houses were then being used as offices.

Electrical Power House
CA BI 77-56-190 · Item · 1900

Item is a photograph of the interior of the electric power house of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company.

Iron and Steel Co., Sydney
CA BI 77-52-186 · Item · 1900

Item is a photograph of coke being pushed from ovens at the DISCO plant in Sydney, Cape Breton.

CA BI 91-298-22259 · Item · September 1951

Item is a photograph of a view of the plant, taken from across the harbour. The bright lights on the right-hand side of the picture are caused by molten slag being poured into the harbour and reflecting on the water. In the image, the coal piers, the number one DOSCO pier, the number two DOSCO pier, the blasting furnaces, open hearth, and the blooming mill are all visible. Credit is given to Guy Blouin (photographer)/National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada/PA-175736.

DOSCO Employees
CA BI 90-460-19892a · Item · 1930

Item is a photograph of DOSCO steelworkers in 1930.

Coke Pile
CA BI 87-92-16622 · Item · ca. 1960

Item is a photograph of trucks moving atop a coke pile near the steel plant.

DOSCO Forge Workers
CA BI 93-211-24185 · Item · ca. 1944

Item is a group photograph of men who worked in the forge.