The Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (also DOSCO) was a Canadian coal mining and steel manufacturing company. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up steel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Incorporated in 1928 and operational in 1930, DOSCO was predated by the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO) which had purchased the assets of the Dominion Steel Company. DOSCO was one of the largest private employers in Canada during the 1930s-1950s. In 1957, DOSCO was purchased as a subsidiary of A.V. Roe Canada Company Ltd. and was later assumed in 1962 by Hawker Siddeley Canada. The company was dissolved in 1968 after the majority of its coal mining and steel mill industrial assets in Industrial Cape Breton were expropriated and nationalized by the federal and provincial governments. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Avro Aircraft Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company, known for their innovative designs, including the famed Avro Arrow fighter. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... HSC was the Canadian unit of Hawker Siddeley of the UK. HSC Headquarters was in Mississauga, Ontario, the main transit plant was in Thunder Bay, Ontario. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Industrial Cape Breton refers to the eastern portion of Cape Breton County fronting the Atlantic Ocean on the southeastern part of Cape Breton Island. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Dominion Steel Corporation

Industrial Cape Breton consisted of two distinctive geographic regions for industrial activity: the "north side" of Sydney Harbour, and the "south side." The north side was dominated in the 1800s by the General Mining Asssociation (GMA), which had been formed in the 1820s after the Colony of Cape Breton Island was amalgamated back into Nova Scotia. Several independent collieries opened on the south side and by the 1870s, Canada's federal government had implemented its National Policy of economic protectionist measures. It was during this decade that the leading operators on the "south side" foresaw the benefits of amalgamating and modernizing to replace lost American coal markets in eastern Canada with Cape Breton coal. Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805 - 1815). ... Nationalistic independence movements helped reshape the world during this decade: Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence (1821-1827). ... Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada NASA landsat photo of Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages English, French (Canadian Gaelic) [] Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... The National Policy was a Canadian economic program introduced by John A. Macdonalds Conservative Party in 1879 after it returned to power. ...

Dominion Coal Company

In 1893, the Henry M. Whitney syndicate of Boston, Massachusetts, along with various other investors, united the following collieries into a new company named the Dominion Coal Company Ltd. (DOMCO). The new company included the following properties: Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ...

• Gowrie
• Schooner Pond
• Clyde
• Glace Bay
• Caledonia
• Reserve
• Lorway
• Emery
• International
• Bridgeport
• Gardiner
• Lingan
• Victoria
• and several smaller collieries

DOMCO also inherited a mixed variety of railway lines linking the various mines. These were consolidated and merged within the decade to form the Sydney and Louisburg Railway. Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... The Sydney & Louisburg Railway (S&L) is a historic Canadian railway. ...

By 1912, DOMCO operated 16 collieries, comprising 40% of Canada's coal production.

Dominion Iron and Steel Company

Flushed with the success of creating DOMCO in the 1890s, the Whitney syndicate sought to create a use for "slack coal" resulting from mixing and screening processes at DOMCO's coal wash plants. The Dominion Iron & Steel Company Ltd. (DISCO) was formed in 1901 and constructed the largest integrated steel mill in the British Empire on the south side of Sydney Harbour. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...

DISCO operated coke ovens which cooked this slack coal to create coke to fuel its oxygen blast furnaces that were used to smelt iron ore mined by DISCO at its mine on Bell Island in Newfoundland and shipped to Sydney. Coke Coke is a solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... Bell Island, Newfoundland Bell Island is an island located off Newfoundlands Avalon Peninsula in Conception Bay. ... For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...

That same year saw Whitney sell its majority control of DOMCO to Montreal industrialist James Ross and its minority share in DISCO to Ross and several other Canadian interests. Nickname: City of Mary Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2]    - City 185. ...

The year 1901 also saw further changes in the coal and steel industry on Cape Breton Island when the rival GMA, operator of coal mines on the "north side" of Sydney Harbour, as well as a newly inaugurated steel mill at that location, sold its properties to Nova Scotia Steel Company Ltd. (SCOTIA) of New Glasgow. New Glasgow (2001 population 9,432; area population 46,965) is the largest town in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

In 1903, Ross and the Canadian investors in DISCO sold control to J.H. Plummer of Toronto, Ontario. By 1910, Plummer gained control of DOMCO from Ross and made both DOMCO and DISCO subsidiary companies of a new entity called Dominion Steel Corporation, which also counted mainland Nova Scotia's Cumberland Railway and Coal Company as a subsidiary. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ...

British Empire Steel Corporation

Further consolidation of industrial activity on Cape Breton Island saw SCOTIA taken over in 1917 by American investors as its steel mill was closed and the company focused on coal mining. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

The fall-out from World War I saw a syndicate of British investors led by Montreal, Quebec industrialist Roy M. Wolvin negotiate a takeover of Dominion Steel Corporation from Plummer in 1919. BESCO proposed a $500 million merger of DOMCO and DISCO, along with various British steel and shipbuilding interests. In 1921, SCOTIA was merged with the conglomerate to form the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO). Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... This article needs cleanup. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The scope and scale of BESCO was truly mind-boggling. In addition to its coal mines and steel mills operating as a complete monopoly across the entire Sydney Coal Field, BESCO also operated coal mines, steel mills and foundaries in the Pictou Coal Field in Trenton, New Glasgow, Stellarton and Westville, as well as North America's deepest coal mines in Springhill. It also operated several industrial railways and various shipping ports.

However the mergers that resulted in the formation of BESCO also amalgamated an inordinate amount of debt. During its 8-year history, BESCO was in a constant financial crisis and required an annual operating profit of $8 million to meet these financial commitments. BESCO investors in-turn pressured management to force many difficult working conditions in order to achieve higer production from its workforce. This resulted in unprecedented labour unrest and militancy which would forever transform the Sydney Coal Field (see Davis Day). Davis Day is an informal holiday in coal mining communities in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating the death of a Cape Breton miner, and father of 10, William Davis. ...

Profits fell and coal and steel markets were declining throughout the 1920s as North America's industrial and consumer practices changed. BESCO management tried to desperately save the company however bitter strikes by workers, culminating in widespread social and civil unrest in 1925, saw BESCO slip further into debt.

BESCO subsidiary DISCO (the steel mill) fell into receivership in the spring of 1926 after short-term financing was refused; this would eventually lead to the break-up of the conglomerate. DISCO was liquidated in 1927 but the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia refused to dissolve BESCO. Wolvin resigned as president and sold his holdings after his reorganization plan was rejected by other shareholders and he was succeeded by C.B. McNaught.

Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation

In 1928 a new holding company called Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (also DOSCO) was formed as a holding company by McNaught and various BESCO investors. In May 1930 BESCO was dissolved and the new company took over its industrial properties. DOSCO implemented management processes that put a halt to the financial troubles through the 1930s. The company's fortunes were boosted by World War II with its control of manufacturing and their inputs and at one point DOSCO was the largest private employer in the nation. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Following the war, DOSCO's industrial prominence continued to slide as alternative fuels and sources for steel took force, combining with declines in government subsidization of both industries. In 1957, A.V. Roe Canada acquired a controlling interest in DOSCO in a bid to diversify its operations beyond the aircraft manufacturing and defence industries. In 1958, DOSCO subsidiary Cumberland Railway and Coal Company closed its mines and railway in Springhill; the mines being closed following the Springhill Mining Disaster. In 1962, A.V. Roe Canada was dissolved and its assets merged into the newly-formed conglomerate Hawker Siddeley Canada, which sought to rid itself of money-losing operations. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Avro Aircraft Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company, known for their innovative designs, including the famed Avro Arrow fighter. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Springhill is a small Canadian town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. ... The Springhill mining disaster is the term often used to refer to three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coal field, in close proximity to the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... HSC was the Canadian unit of Hawker Siddeley of the UK. HSC Headquarters was in Mississauga, Ontario, the main transit plant was in Thunder Bay, Ontario. ...

By the early 1960s DOSCO was in a continuous slide and sought to halt its decline by shutting various poorly performing mines in the Pictou and Sydney coal fields; from 9 in 1960 to 5 in 1965. Despite shedding other money-losing subsidiaries it was still losing money and under pressure from Hawker Siddeley Canada to reduce red ink. In 1965, DOSCO announced that its remaining mines had only 15 years of production left and it would not undertake any further capital expenditures and would exit the industry within months.

The vast public outcry to DOSCO's announcement in Industrial Cape Breton saw the minority government of Prime Minister Lester Pearson come under incredible political pressure to resolve the crisis. Pearson announced the formation of the Donald Commission of inquiry into the industry, which would eventually lead to the formation of the federal Crown corporation Cape Breton Development Corporation (or DEVCO) and the provincial Crown corporation Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) which expropriated DOSCO's mines and steel mill in 1968. The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ... In Commonwealth countries a Crown corporation is a state-controlled company or enterprise (a public corporation). ... The Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, is a Canadian federal government Crown corporation. ... Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) is a Crown corporation in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...

Sampling of DOSCO subsidiaries[1]

• Acadia Coal Company Limited, Stellarton, NS
• Aluminum Industries Limited, Montreal, QC
• Canadian Bridge Company Limited, Walkerville, ON
• Canadian Bridge Engineering Company Limited, Walkerville, ON
• Canadian Steel Corporation Limited, Ojibway, ON
• Canadian Steel Lands Limited, Ojibway, ON
• Canadian Transmission Tower Company Limited, Montreal, QC
• Canadian Tube and Steel Products Limited, Montreal, QC
• Cibou Steamship Company Limited, London, UK
• Dominion Coal Company, Sydney, NS
  • Dominion Coal Import Company Limited, Montreal, QC
  • Dominion Rolling Stock Company Limited, Sydney, NS
  • Cumberland Railway and Coal Company, Springhill, NS
  • Sydney and Louisburg Railway Company, Sydney, NS
• Dominion Iron and Steel Company, Sydney, NS
• Dominion Limestone Limited, Aguathuna
• Dominion Shipping Company Limited, Sydney, NS
• Dominion Wabana Ore Limited, Bell Island, NL
• DOSCO Overseas Engineering Limited, Beaconsfield, UK
• Empire Housing Company Limited, Sydney, NS
• Essex Terminal Railway Company, Walkerville, ON
• Eastern Car Company Limited, Trenton, NS
• Graham Nail & Wire Products Limited, Toronto, ON
• Halifax Shipyards Limited, Halifax, NS
• Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company Limited, Trenton, NS
• Old Sydney Collieries Limited, Sydney Mines, NS
• James Pender & Company, Saint John, NB
• Scotia Rolling Stock Company Limited, Trenton, NS
• Seaboard Power Corporation Limited, Sydney, NS
• Stothert & Pitt (Canada) Limited, Montreal, QC
• Stowell Screw Company Limited, Longueuil, QC
• Trenton Industries Limited, Trenton, NS
• Trenton Steel Works Limited, Trenton, NS
• Truscon Steel Company of Canada Limited, Walkerville, ON

Stellarton is a town located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Canada at a latitude of 45°34 North and longitude of 62°40 West. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Walkerville, Ontario, Canada was developed by whiskey mogul Hiram Walker in the late 1800s. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia. ... Springhill is a small Canadian town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. ... The Sydney & Louisburg Railway (S&L) is a historic Canadian railway. ... Bell Island, Newfoundland Bell Island is an island located off Newfoundlands Avalon Peninsula in Conception Bay. ... ETR Logo Essex Terminal Railway (AAR reporting mark ETL) is a Canadian shortline railroad, travelling from the Town of Amherstburg, Ontario, through La Salle, to the City of Windsor, Ontario in Essex County, Ontario, a distance of 21 miles (32 km), with connections to CPRail and CN Railway. ... Trenton is a town located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: (former city) 79. ... Sydney Mines is a town located in Nova Scotias Cape Breton Regional Municipality. ... Saint John[3] is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... Motto: Labor et Concordia (work and harmony) Area: 283. ...

See also

• Dominion, Nova Scotia

Dominion is a town that is now part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada; located 6 kilometres west of Glace Bay. ...

External links

• Industrial Heritage of Cape Breton Island
• The Sun Rises in the East, an address to The Empire Club of Canada by Lionel Avard Forsyth, President of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation Ltd. on October 22, 1953.