INCO Locomotive #116 Being Placed on a Flatbed to be Brought to Prescott Park
Name/Title
INCO Locomotive #116 Being Placed on a Flatbed to be Brought to Prescott ParkEntry/Object ID
2022.785.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Copper Mining, Nickel Mining, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Capreol, OntarioDescription
Coloured photograph showing INCO locomotive #116 being placed onto a flatbed truck so that it could be brought to Prescott Park to be displayed at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Collodion PrintAspect Ratio
1:1Subject
International Nickel Company of Canada, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage CentreSubject Person or Organization
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage CentreSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Capreol, OntarioCity
Greater SudburyCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaState/Province
OntarioContext
INCO Electric #116 was built new for INCO by General Electric in December of 1948, Serial No. 29128; 100 ton type. The engine was rebuilt in 2000, a year before its retirement. Both locomotives were placed on display in Prescott Park in 2007. 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
Capreol History, International Nickel Company of Canada, Mining HistoryCataloged By
unknownCategory
Primary Source