View of 10-ton half-tracks hauling asbestos ore up the grade from the Bell Asbestos Company's open pit mine at Thetford Mines (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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View of 10-ton half-tracks hauling asbestos ore up the grade from the Bell Asbestos Company's open pit mine at Thetford Mines

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Item

Context of this record:

National Film Board of Canada fonds

Photographs and posters from the Wartime Information Board classification system

View of 10-ton half-tracks hauling asbestos ore up the grade from the Bell Asbestos Company's open pit mine at Thetford Mines
Record information

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View of 10-ton half-tracks hauling asbestos ore up the grade from the Bell Asbestos Company's open pit mine at Thetford Mines

Date:

June 1944

Reference:

RG53

Item no. (creator):

WRM 4700

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3197545

Date(s):

June 1944

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place:

Thetford Mines, Quebec,

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material:

English

Additional name(s):

Photographer: Rowed, Harry

Additional information:

Signatures and inscriptions note:

"ASBESTOS - QUEBEC. Recorded by history as magical but impractical, asbestos today is used universally. But its paradoxical composition as an infinitely fibred material and its resistance to fire, wear and weather, maintain its magical reputation. Quebec mines, supplying 70% of the world's supply, have a productive life-expectancy of at least 150 years. This picture shows powerful, 10-ton..."

Series added entry:

WRM

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG53

Other accession no.:

1971-271 NPC

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Credit: Harry Rowed / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada /
Restrictions on use: nil
Copyright: Expired

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