Photograph - Ruins of British-America Nickel Company smelter

Photograph

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Photograph - Ruins of British-America Nickel Company smelter

Entry/Object ID

2012.79.43

Description

Black and white photograph of the ruins of the British-America Nickel Corporation smelter built during World War I. A Large part of the wall stands at the rear, with two lower walls coming out from either corner toward the foreground. The area is surrounded by trees and shrubs.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Notes

Materials: Photographic paper (gelatin silver print), paper

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Yellow paper affixed to verso with tape, typed and handwritten in black ink: How the mighty have fallen! These [crossed out] The ruins above ruins are all that remains of the smelter built by British-America Nickel Company during World War I, * INCO's private road system now almost totally obscures former yard track- age in the area. Photo by the author. below [?]. 30 p[illegible][circled]

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

4300

Dimensions

Height

8-13/16 in

Width

12.4 cm

Location

Location

Location

Photo Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 19, 2022