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Blast Furnace, DOSCO
CA BI 90-249-19681 · Item · 1959

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO blast furance operations, showing the interior of the cast house with the large bustle pipe, right, that fed the hot blast of air, the "wind" to the furnace from the turbo blowers. Note the runners on troughs leading away from the furnace.

Abbass, John
Blast Furnace, DOSCO
CA BI 90-250-19682 · Item · 1960

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO blast furnace operations, showing the exterior of number one furnace. The brown bridge is over the stockpile, left, with the cast house, centre, and the stoves of the furnace behind it. In the foreground a mechanical shovel loads slag into a Euclid truck for transport to the open hearth dump.

Abbass, John
Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-230-19662 · Item · 1964

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a ship moved by the coal pier.

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 90-242-19674 · Item · 1962

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing part of the high or number two pier at left, the low or number one pier, centre, and at right the coal piers. The low pier was where finished steel products were shipped out, while raw materials for steel making were brought in at the high pier.

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 90-229-19661 · 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.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-243-19675 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the new rails loading crane. The derrick boom (section raised in the air) loaded rails into the holds of ships.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-244-19676 · Item · 1966

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing a boat moored at the new pier with the old piers in the distance. To the right of the boat is part of the conveyor system that transported raw materials from the docks to the blast furnace department.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-501-19933 · Item · 1965

Item is a photograph of the DOSCO dock operations, showing a boat, "Ontario Power." It was a bulk carrier chartered by DOSCO for many years.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-502-19934 · Item · 1965

Item is a photograph of DOSCO dock operations showing a section of the conveyor system that moved raw materials from the docks to the blast furnace.

Docks, DOSCO
CA BI 90-611-20043 · Item · 1964

Item is photograph of the DOSCO docks, showing the low or number one pier at left where finished steel products were shipped from Sydney. Three wharves, centre, were coal shipping piers.

Abbass, John