Caption
Important part of diversified and complex production at plant near Edmonton, Alberta, is valuable ammonium sulphate fertilizer in storage shed, above. Over 80 per cent goes to export markets.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5070
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Research worker in Sherritt Gordon's Fort Saskatchewan plant examines a cross-section of nickel powder with projection microscope.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5022
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Highly-instrumented modern refinery is typified by this view in the precipitation plant.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5065
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Technician tests tensile strength of experimental nickel strip.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5040
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Nickel blanks punched from strip nickel await shipment to the Royal Mint, Ottawa.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5021
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Front-end loader carries barrels of nickel briquets produced in plant.
Date
May 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-5061
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Photostory #363: Canada Gets Good Five Cent Nickel: Alberta Plant Hits Steady Jackpot
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
May 5, 1964
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Using a brand-new technique to turn out coin blanks for the best nickels ever minted in Canada is just one of the innovations of an expanding plant at Fort Saskatchewan near Edmonton, Alberta. With an investment that will soon reach $50,000,000, a work force of nearly 1,000 and a go-ahead program of research and development, this plant also produces fertilizer, cobalt, industrial chemicals, high-grade copper residues and special metal powders. The new nickel blanks are made from pure nickel powder compacted into long, flexible strips. Softer than previous blanks made up to 1962 in Europe, they take a better impression at the Ottawa mint, yet are just as hard wearing. With Canada away out in front as the world leader in nickel production (worth an annual $400 million dollars), it is fitting that the nation's familiar five-cent coin be truly all-Canadian made. Marks of improvement to look for on recently-minted nickels are the beaver's whiskers and his cross-hatched tail.
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