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[Reports on Coast Range Steel] Freyn Engineering Company

Description

Report by Freyn Engineering Limited, outlining recommendations for establishing a steel plant to process Texada Island ore deposits. Covering letter from F.H. Willcox of Freyn Engineering is dated 1930-01-29. A report on coking tests dated 1930-04-10 is appended to section I, with an enclosing letter from Freyn dated 1930-04-21 . Section II is followed by an undated market report comparing pig iron and rolled sheet tonnage. A revised summary of construction costs, dated 1932-03-25, follows the main report.

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Title
[Reports on Coast Range Steel]
Creator
Freyn Engineering Company
Date Created
between 1930-01-29 and 1932-03-25
Description
Report by Freyn Engineering Limited, outlining recommendations for establishing a steel plant to process Texada Island ore deposits. Covering letter from F.H. Willcox of Freyn Engineering is dated 1930-01-29. A report on coking tests dated 1930-04-10 is appended to section I, with an enclosing letter from Freyn dated 1930-04-21 . Section II is followed by an undated market report comparing pig iron and rolled sheet tonnage. A revised summary of construction costs, dated 1932-03-25, follows the main report.
Extent
101 pages
Subject
Mining; Steel-works; Iron ore reserves; Metallurgical coke; Cast-iron; Plates, iron and steel; Limestone mines and mining; Steel bars
Geographic Location
Texada Island (B.C.)
Genre
Correspondence; Manuscripts
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Identifier
RBSC-ARC-5-4-1; RBSC_ARC_1171_05_04_001
Collection
B.C. Historical Documents Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Henry Doyle fonds. Reports. RBSC-ARC-5-4-1
Date Available
2018-08-07
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3156917
DOI
10.14288/1.0369864
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca