SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

SINTER PLANT

THE "STOCK PILE"

THE "STOCK PILE"

THE "STOCK PILE"

THE "STOCK PILE"

This photo of the Sinter was taken around 1939 and shows the plant in its original configuration. There were three sintering machines and a single smokestack.

(Photo provided by Leslie Weeks)

This picture of the sinter plant shows the general layout in 1952. To the left of the water tower is the small community of Sinterville.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This is a closer view of the sinter plant complex. Notice that the road access to the sinter plant was on the right side of the train station over several railway tracks.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This picture was taken around 1954 when the first concrete stack was being built. The building at the bottom of the picture is the Cochrane & Dunlap hardware store and warehouse managed by Harry Harten.

(Photo provided by Mike Rousseau)

This picture shows the progress of the first concrete stack that was being built.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This picture of the sinter plant taken before the new stack was built.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This picture is similar to the previous one but with the new and old stacks in operation.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This picture shows the second concrete stack being topped off.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

In this picture, the sinter plant has its two concrete stacks. Left of the water tower is the "DRY" where Sinterville used to be.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This picture is a closer view of the sinter plant operations.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This appears to be pre-1950, because there are only 3 sintering machines in the plant at the time this picture was taken.

(Photo provided by John Berry)

This picture shows the #1, 2 and 3 machines and the larger #4 and 5 machines.

(Photo provided by John Berry)

The stock pile was built from the winter production. In the summer the stock pile was loaded into ore cars and sent to the "harbour". Notice the ACR freight shed in lower right corner of the picture.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This is one of the Euclid trucks used to move sinter from the plant to the stock pile.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This is an end view of the stock pile. The electric shovel used to load the ore cars, can be seen.

(Photo provided by Gerhard Wunschmann)

This photo was taken in 1962 and shows sinter from the stock pile being loaded into ore cars for transport to Michipicoten Harbour. My dad did this job in the mid-fifties. Occasionally, I would ride my bicycle to the plant and my dad would let me ride on the shovel while he loaded the ore cars.

(Photo provided by Wayne Watson)