The Canadian Petrochemical Industry

Name/Title

The Canadian Petrochemical Industry

Entry/Object ID

2022.215.01

Tags

Petrochemicals, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Mining History, Mining Industry

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of the petrochemical industry in Canada.

Context

The book describes the creation of the industry as well as the impact of the industry. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Introduction 2. Synthetic Rubber - Polymer Corporation Limited 3. Glycols, Polystyrene and Other Chemicals: - Dow Chemical of Canada Limited 4. Carbon Black: -Cabot Carbon of Canada Limited - Aromatic Solvents - Petro-Chemsol Chemicals Limited 5. Ammonia: - Alberta Nitrogen Department, The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited - Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited 6. Sulphur: - Shell Oil Company of Canada Limited - Royalite Oil Company Limited 7. Petrochemicals and Cellulose Acetate: - Canadian Chemical Company Limited 8. Polyethylene: - Canadian Industries (1954) Limited 9. Isopropyl, Alcohol, Acetone and Phenol: - Shell Oil Company of Canada Limited - B. A. - Shawingian Limited 10. Glycols and Polyethylene: - Union Carbide Canada Limited 11. Formaldehyde and Pentaerythritol: - Union Carbide Canada Limited - St. Maurice Chemicals Limited

Collection

Mining History, Canadian History Collection (General)

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Ryerson Press

Date(s) of Creation

1829

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

The Canadian Petrochemical Industry

Description

Book discussing the history of the petrochemical industry in Canada.

Creator

Shell Oil Company of Canada

Date(s) of Creation

1956

Subjects

History, Oil industry, Gas, Petroleum industry, Chemicals

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

733

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

9-1/4 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 28, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Fading

Date Examined

Feb 28, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, leather, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Shell Oil Company of Canada

Owner/Agent

Shell Oil Company of Canada

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Calgary, Alberta

State/Province

Alberta

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 28, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 28, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 28, 2022