Set of 8 35 mm Clear View Slides Showing Images from INCO
2022.200.01
Name/Title
Set of 8 35 mm Clear View Slides Showing Images from INCOEntry/Object ID
2022.200.01-9Tags
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Mining History, Mining Industry, Copper Mining, Nickel Mining, The Sudbury Basin, Sudbury, Ontario, District of SudburyDescription
Set of 8 35 mm slides showing various INCO related images. Slide 1. INCO Iron Ore Plant Near Sudbury, Ont. Has stack 637 feet high Slide 2. Dumping Molten Slag at Sudbury, Ontario. Slide 3. Barren Baldlands Caused by Old-Time Smelting Methods Sudbury, Ontario Slide 4. "Moonscape" area where U. S. Astronauts practiced lunar landing, Sudbury, Ontario Slide 5. The INCO nickel refinery is the most technologically advanced in the industry, at Sudbury, Ont. Slide 6. Frood Open Pit has been mined to a depth of 600 feet Sudbury, Ontario Slide 7. The INCO Murray Mine is close to the site of the original discovery of nickel in 1883, near Sudbury, Ontario Slide 8. Iron Ore Recovery plant south mine, copper refinery, smelter, nickel refinery and Frood-Stobie mine Sudbury, OntarioPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
Carbon PrintAspect Ratio
1:1Subject
International Nickel Company of CanadaSubject Person or Organization
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO)Subject Place
City
Greater SudburyCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaState/Province
OntarioContext
The International Nickel Corporation of Canada was founded in 1902, when the Canadian Copper Company and Orford Company merged with the financial backing of American banker J. P. Morgan and Charles Schwab of Carnegie Steel. It was the world's leading producer of Nickel. By 2006 INCO was bought out by the Brazilian company Vale.Collection
International Nickel Company of Canada, Mining History, Sudbury HistoryCataloged By
Kat BezaireCategory
Primary Source