INCO Slag Pot Being Taken to be Delivered to Prescott Park
Name/Title
INCO Slag Pot Being Taken to be Delivered to Prescott ParkEntry/Object ID
2022.783.01Tags
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Capreol, Ontario, Mining History, Mining Industry, Copper Mining, Nickel Mining, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury BasinDescription
Coloured photograph showing the INCO Slag Pot being taken from its original spot and delivered to Prescott Park for display at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage CentrePhotograph 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
The car was originally donated by INCO to the Big Nickel Mine for display (now Dynamic Earth) before it was moved to Science North in Sudbury. Deemed surplus, the car was eventually donated to NORMHC and placed on display in Prescott Park as an integral piece of the museum’s mining collection. This slag pot car was used to carry slag, a waste product from the smelting process as part of INCO’s Copper Cliff operations. 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, Mining History, International Nickel Company of CanadaCataloged By
unknownCategory
Primary Source